The thing with working the oilfield is contacts,when you first get in bust your balls to do a good job and get contacts,bag pacto bags if you have to or scrub down drill rigs with a toothbrush.Get a good name and you will allways be working,sometimes for 5 different outfits a year.You will be tested with some pretty ugly jobs on the rigs but pass them and become a driller and the bucks and opportunities will astound you.Theres a shortage of guys that will work hard and not scared to be covered in mud 12 hours or more a day and especially when they can make over a hundred grand a year at the oilsands doing literally nothing but driving truck or running equipment.
The oilsands are different,your under a microscope and no one will let you work too hard,your a number and thats it.Thats why your limited if you do choose to work in the oilsands,steady work but mundane and your a machine,not a person.
