Quote: (09-25-2014 09:25 PM)jimbobjuicy Wrote:
I've got a friend who works for one of the Big 4 as a MWD in North Dakota getting paid hourly and a day rate. I know they call MWD's movie watching dudes for a reason -- hence not working that much -- but my friend says that out of the 12 hr shift, the only real time spent working is ONE HOUR as long as there's no problems with tools. Can anyone working as a MWD validate this for me? I wanna believe him but I feel like he's exaggerating a lil bit.
I don't doubt it but I've never worked on an oil rig, I'm usually on the refining side of things although lately I've been working in an oil sands mine. I've been at this one site for five days now and have done absolutely nothing but watch movies, read books and shoot the shit with the guys all day, today we were chasing a coyote around in our trucks and throwing cookies at it. Trust me it gets boring and I wish work would pick up, it will in a couple of days, but until then its fucking around. Hurry up and wait as they say.