| Every job in this world comes with its pros and | | | | when you are on the job they become your |
| cons. Successful are those that know how to | | | | extended family. You can bank on them for all |
| maneuver past the cons and focus on the pros. If | | | | your needs. |
| you thought that oil gas jobs and rig jobs only | | | | 4. Good working hours – The working |
| have their advantages or their disadvantages then | | | | hours in oil gas jobs and rig jobs are just right. |
| you are highly mistaken. Even these jobs will give | | | | You are expected to put in eight hours a day and |
| you some positives and negatives. It is you who | | | | then you get ample time to relax. You also have |
| needs to decide whether the advantages are turn | | | | your leaves when you can meet your family. |
| ons or the disadvantages are turn offs. | | | | Disadvantages |
| Advantages | | | | 1. Cramped living – The living quarters are |
| 1. Great pay – When it comes to the | | | | not exactly penthouse suites. When you are doing |
| pay packet of oil gas jobs and rig jobs, they can | | | | oil gas jobs and rig jobs, you need to get used to |
| compete with any industry in the world. For the | | | | cramped quarters. You will either share a room |
| same job that you do on land, your pay is hiked | | | | with others or even stay in a dormitory. Space is |
| by a good percentage when you are offshore | | | | at a premium and people are given only that |
| and working in the rig. The starting salary for the | | | | amount of space that they need for basic living. |
| basic jobs is around $50,000 a year. Bonuses, | | | | 2. Lack of privacy – Lack of privacy in oil |
| free quarters and food add to the kitty. | | | | gas jobs and rig jobs is one turn off for many |
| 2. Good career prospect - Oil gas jobs and | | | | people. You seem to share everything with your |
| rig jobs build a career for you. You may start as | | | | colleagues – right from your soap to your |
| a roustabout but your hard work and dedication | | | | towel. |
| will soon see you move up the ladder. You also | | | | 3. Away from human touch – Oil gas |
| get trained at regular intervals so that you are | | | | jobs and rig jobs are available in oil rigs that are |
| able to learn new things that can help you build | | | | miles away from human civilization. You need to |
| your career with the oil companies. | | | | get used to seeing the same faces every day |
| 3. Bonhomie among the colleagues – | | | | and meeting the same people for every minute |
| Since you tend to see the same faces every day | | | | when you are awake. |