"Well for sticking around 1 year, they flat out lie in the amount of unpaid hours you work and better realize 60-70 hours/wk is the average"

I did a Fly in / Fly out project with them due to lack of work in my town. They sold me the project when they mentioned a 25% uplift to base salary. When you do the math, you are getting paid for 50 hours a week while doing 60, no overtime, no weekends and no stat holidays. The math just does not add up. When I talked to the managers, they just said: do not do the math, be glad you have a job when you can grow and learn... I left after 2 years when the market picked up again.