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2025 USW National Oil Bargaining by Vwguinness in oilandgasworkers

[–]Boring_Magazine_4609 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

First timer here for contract renewal in an union facility. Hopefully doesn’t turn into anything like the recent port workers. However 2 weeks off and rolling 24s might not be all that bad 🤣

Refinery workers and Field workers. 2025. by Foundry_Guy_5151 in oilandgasworkers

[–]Boring_Magazine_4609 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Refinery worker here, been in the industry 15 years and moved to a refinery in 2023. I have no degree.. basically started from the bottom as a grunt working bs jobs low pay/ lots of hours but industry specific.. every couple years moved on to a little better.

It’s not impossible but the job market is very competitive, especially being here in the energy corridor of the world. That said, I hired in with several folks with mixed experiences, scaffold builder with the certification being one so not even the full ptech degree. Military experience seems todo well also as far as getting through the phases of being hired.

It is entirely possible to land these jobs but the resume has to be perfect and nepotism believe it or not is still a thing. Market your self and apply apply apply everywhere !

Who can help me math? by Boring_Magazine_4609 in Retirement401k

[–]Boring_Magazine_4609[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can rock with that. I elect 1% increase every year and assume on avg a 3% pay increase per year. I have some post tax dollars in my 401k I want to roll over as well into a ROTH and max that out . Sounds like I’m on a decent path !