Lots of opinions about this show and the lifestyle thereof-watching it since inception.
Two wells have been productive that have been featured in the series-one with a potential $50 million return, another with a potential $250 million return.
It costs far less than that to uncover the oil, even though it's probably a million dollars a well (guess) and some just don't produce.
None of this would be possible without the roughnecks, who I assumed were paid well.
Perhaps not. Bonus for a roughneck who stays on well from start to finish is about $800.
This seems pretty piss poor. Management can't do it without me-and they show their appreciation for maybe $50 million profit they'll make over time by giving me a paltry $800.
Problem is, most of these guys aren't rocket scientists in the brains department. Particularly if they're younger. Seems to me a lot of them spend their days off drinking pisswater and regretting it the next day when working with a hangover.
I guess that's to be expected? These guys are the oil industry equivalent of cannon fodder.
But you want these guys to do this dangerous job and make you all kinds of cash and you think all that hard work is worth an extra $800 if they actually stay from start to finish?
This just seems wrong by any reasonable standard that would be applied to any bonus situation and is quite paltry when compared with CEO and similar performance packages.
Maybe workers compensation is more lucrative-and safer.
Two wells have been productive that have been featured in the series-one with a potential $50 million return, another with a potential $250 million return.
It costs far less than that to uncover the oil, even though it's probably a million dollars a well (guess) and some just don't produce.
None of this would be possible without the roughnecks, who I assumed were paid well.
Perhaps not. Bonus for a roughneck who stays on well from start to finish is about $800.
This seems pretty piss poor. Management can't do it without me-and they show their appreciation for maybe $50 million profit they'll make over time by giving me a paltry $800.
Problem is, most of these guys aren't rocket scientists in the brains department. Particularly if they're younger. Seems to me a lot of them spend their days off drinking pisswater and regretting it the next day when working with a hangover.
I guess that's to be expected? These guys are the oil industry equivalent of cannon fodder.
But you want these guys to do this dangerous job and make you all kinds of cash and you think all that hard work is worth an extra $800 if they actually stay from start to finish?
This just seems wrong by any reasonable standard that would be applied to any bonus situation and is quite paltry when compared with CEO and similar performance packages.
Maybe workers compensation is more lucrative-and safer.
