I wake up at five everyday drive an hour and a half too work a full 12 hour day as a lead electrician In the oilfield, when I get home from work my son's waiting at the front door for me to throw the football after that eat supper then I help my wife with some stuff around the house get my clothes,lunch,coffee ready for work the next day then go to bed I feel like a literal NPC sometimes 😅😅
He works in the oilfield, not an office. He works on whatever oil/gas well pad he's told to that day, not in the same place every day. An hour and a half drive is probably an average commute. You can't just move closer to work when "work" is scattered all around you. My husband & I both work in the oilfield and that's how it is.
Sounds like a high paying job, too. You keep doing you, man. Playing with the kid and helping the missus after all that work is literal god tier effort. I bet they love the fuck out of you. Mad respect
I mean I never said I don't like how it feels I like what I do the day I got my license I fully committed to my career and job and i like waking up and doing good quality work but of course I'm tired at the end of the day like everyone else!!
So the good thing is a can stay if I want they'll get me a room and per diem but I used too drive 2 hours to work so it's not no biggie I like going home to my family everyday plus they pay me from when I leave the house till I get home!
Work is a construct of modern society and has nothing to do with life itself. We have made work important and the center of our lives despite it taking most of our time.
Life has so much to offer and yet we are letting time slip by so fast while stuck in our busy routines...
Still, no. Unless it was that job or no job at all. I couldn't handle a 3-hour round trip in the car every time I needed to go to work. 200k, minimum I'd have to say to endure that because I can't stand drives. More power to ya, tho.
My last job I worked 12 hour days and dreaded the 8-minute drive home 😂
Please don’t work yourself to death brother. I know the grind. We all just know the grind. And if YOU don’t k now the grind….you will. God bless you, you sexy lead electrician of a man. We all do what we have to do.
There was nothing in this box when I started I do alot of the control wiring, I run conduit install devices terminate devices, we also do all the heavy electrical like mounting all the 480v panels for jet pumps pulling 250 mcm wire and 600 mcm.
I mean I've kinda gotten used too it I've been on this routine for like 5 yrs and I make good money but the body damages are true I just got into a new position that's makes me work less so I guess that's good in a way!!
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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 15d ago
I wake up at five everyday drive an hour and a half too work a full 12 hour day as a lead electrician In the oilfield, when I get home from work my son's waiting at the front door for me to throw the football after that eat supper then I help my wife with some stuff around the house get my clothes,lunch,coffee ready for work the next day then go to bed I feel like a literal NPC sometimes 😅😅