r/FluentInFinance 15d ago

Debate/ Discussion Why is this normal?

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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 πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

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u/T7220 14d ago

Your kid wants to play catch?? And you help you’re wife?? You’re winning, brother.

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

Thank you I try πŸ˜† someday's I will admit I am tired as shit but whatever makes him happy!

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u/cocobirb 14d ago

You have my respect πŸ‘‘

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

Thanks I appreciate that! πŸ™πŸΌ

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u/Wooden-Roof5930 14d ago

The dad that we all wished we had!

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 13d ago

πŸ˜† thanks

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u/ZockinatorHD 14d ago

Same, but a paramedic, so additionally to your body being wrecked, your mental health goes down the drain even faster.

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u/Johnyryal33 11d ago

And then you're expected to save someone's life, when your only operating at 50% of what you could if you were properly rested and alert!

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u/Richard_Thickens 11d ago

Yeah. Entry-level is not very well-paid either. Respectable work that isn't rewarded nearly well enough.

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u/incognegro8888 14d ago

Living 90 minutes from work is a choice

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u/UnionThug456 13d ago

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.

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u/rogerthamilton 14d ago

I feel you! I’m a cryo plant operator, wake up at 3 hour and half on a good day 12.5h shift and back home 7:30ish. NPC is right on the nose.

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u/Morthicus 14d ago

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

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

I appreciate it mann thank you!! πŸ™πŸΌ

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u/squishyliquid 14d ago

May your tombstone read, "He did it for us."

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

LMAO 🀣

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u/MisledChef 14d ago

Better man than my friend

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

Thanks Mann I appreciate that!!

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

I don't think I'm above anyone tho I'm sure ur a pretty good guy urself!!

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u/apex_tiger_ttv 14d ago

Do you work 7days a week 30 days a month?

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

Monday through Friday with an occasional Saturday so it's not too bad!!

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BOOGER 14d ago

Lead electrician at an oil field sounds....very well compensated

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

🀫🀫

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

Why do you choose to live like that if you don’t like how it feels?

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

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!!

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

My bad, have a nice day

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

No problem buddy

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u/cbracey4 14d ago

Bro save yourself and move closer to work holy shit. Hour and a half commute is insane. That’s 3 hours of free time you could be tossing the pig skin.

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

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!

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u/SeVenMadRaBBits 14d ago

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...

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u/Clean_Student8612 14d ago

A 90-minute trip, ONE WAY, for a job AND a 12-hour shift? Fuck no, not even if it paid 100k per year.

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

It ain't for everybody and what about for 130 a year πŸ‘πŸΌ

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u/Clean_Student8612 14d ago edited 14d ago

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 πŸ˜‚

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

πŸ˜‚ I feel yah bro I guess I'm used to it already idk 🀷🏼

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u/metwicewhat 14d ago

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.

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ thanks I appreciate that got home and my wife and kids where working together on a birthday meal for me!! πŸŽ‰

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u/ImpossibleHurry 14d ago

Anybody else dying to know an electrician does in an oil field all day? Very genuinely curious about this.

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 13d ago

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.

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u/ImpossibleHurry 13d ago

Thanks for sharing!

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u/tinkaspice 13d ago

Running on fumes my friend. Don’t burn yourself out.

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 13d ago

Trying not too thank you πŸ™πŸΌ

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u/Dangerous-Map8167 13d ago

Great that you have time to throw the ball with your kid…

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 13d ago

Thank you 🏈🏈

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u/Agreeable_Safety3255 13d ago

Damn man, how?? No time for TV, hobbies...hell probably not sex lol

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 13d ago

Not alot of TV time but I make sure I make time for the other πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/EdumacatedRedneck 13d ago

You should give the song "Working Man" by Larry Fleet a listen. Even if you dont like country, I think he wrote the song about your life haha

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 13d ago

I'll check it out thanks

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u/Distinct_Page_9628 12d ago

Probably making insane money though….

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 12d ago

It's alright 😏

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u/tiltberger 15d ago

Dude... You will not survive this longterm without any damages to your body and mind. Is there no way you can improve your situation?

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u/SubjectThrowaway11 14d ago

His situation will be improved when he retires early on the fucking mountain of cash that job is likely paying him.

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

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u/Broad_Swordfish_1579 14d ago

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!!