Question to all OFW Tsikoteers especially to those working in the oilfield

[jeanpierre]

The salary scheme of paying an employee based on the standard of living of his country of origin is also been adopted by your current company? List of countries you've been assigned to and which of these countries do you think is the best and the worst place you've been to.

[spearhead_970]

The salary scheme of paying an employee based on the standard of living of his country of origin is also been adopted by your current company? List of countries you've been assigned to and which of these countries do you think is the best and the worst place you've been to.

I think,yes the salary is always based were the country you came from,I mean the standard of living..In my experience I've been assigned in many places in this world,like europe,US,south america,south africa and some places in asia..but for me nothing is better than my own country,sipsip..but thats true,kasama ang family,.and the worst place that i have been to is Nigeria,africa..harap-harapan ninanakawan ka,pirates,violence etc,,kaya ingat kayo pag nakarating doon..

[sherwintommy]

i agree,,very high risk ang safety sa nigeria even if you're working offshore,,im assigned in ivory coast,..though there are still some political unrest...at least safe sa offshore..and the perks are good,,i get to work 28 days,,28 days off with pay and the rate is 1 is to 1...same salary i get when im offshore and on vacation...kaya habang pwedeng bumalik...balik lang ng balik...para ipon..'san ka pa hahanap ng ganyang offer?..peaceeeeeeeee

[jeanpierre]

i agree,,very high risk ang safety sa nigeria even if you're working offshore,,im assigned in ivory coast,..though there are still some political unrest...at least safe sa offshore..and the perks are good,,i get to work 28 days,,28 days off with pay and the rate is 1 is to 1...same salary i get when im offshore and on vacation...kaya habang pwedeng bumalik...balik lang ng balik...para ipon..'san ka pa hahanap ng ganyang offer?..peaceeeeeeeee

Nag work din ako sa africa. It's Gabon to be exact under Total-Elf contract.Location was in the middle of the jungle. Araw-araw kasulubong namin puntang location ibat-ibang wild animals na before nakikita ko lang sa Discovery at National geographic channel hehehe. Hirap lang travel kasi lost 6 days punta at pauwi at rotation is 28/28 lang. Hate the waiting time din sa Paris airport kasi almost 15 hours dahil flight to asia starts close to midnight lagi.

[BoEinG_747]

Nag work din ako sa africa. It's Gabon to be exact under Total-Elf contract.

french company po ba ang TOTAL -elf?

Location was in the middle of the jungle. Araw-araw kasulubong namin puntang location ibat-ibang wild animals na before nakikita ko lang sa Discovery at National geographic channel hehehe.

wow exciting ito ..tuwang tuwa ako kasi doon sa mga hayop sa discovery channel ..kahit nakakatakot para sarap panoorin in flesh

[jeanpierre]

french company po ba ang TOTAL -elf?

wow exciting ito ..tuwang tuwa ako kasi doon sa mga hayop sa discovery channel ..kahit nakakatakot para sarap panoorin in flesh

As qman said, it's french company. Malaki field nila sa Gabon.
Yeah, it was exciting and dangerous at the same time. Katakot yong elephant attack. Muntikan na kami ng driver ko. Buti lang he switch off our vehicle's headlight. Minsan naligaw sa base camp namin, yon tumba ang mga light post at damaged ibang accomodation namin ginawang pang kamot sa katawan nila... he he he

[NightRock]

That's TRUE for some BIG Company..But for us depenende kung saan ka ma base.. generally pag sa Africa like mentinoned above may Hazard allowance kami.. during Gulf War meron ding War allowance..pag sa desert may desert allowance...But Basic salary is the same.. Pero pag family status ka mas malaki ang makukuha but ganon din malaki din gastos pag kasama family.. Cycle Shift .. depende sa location pag offshore 28/28 pag onshore interior base max na yong 60/30 kalimitan 42/28... pag medyo swerte nakaka kuha ng 14/14... bale 2weeks work 2weeks vacation (my current cycle). with salary and Free Air ticket country of origin... salary advance at extra money for 20kg bagage allowance..

[theveed]

Diba may nakidnap ngayon na mga employees ng Shell sa Nigeria... May 1 pinoy ata at 2 thais among the other westerners.

[NightRock]

Diba may nakidnap ngayon na mga employees ng Shell sa Nigeria... May 1 pinoy ata at 2 thais among the other westerners.

Hindi lang po isang beses nangyari.. marami na sa kasama ko na kidnap don most of the time binabayaran or tinnutubos news black out.....common cases na ang Hijack lalo na pag land Rover ang dala mo delikado ka.. wala naman magawa ang Shell di nila pwedeng iwan ang oil field malaki kita don at malaki na din investment nila..pag onshore base sa Nigeria sobrang delikado.. kaya hindi ka pwedeng lumayo sa camp site nyo. Marami din nigerian na mababait pero minsan hindi mo kilala kung sino mga pirata..

[jeanpierre]

Sa sweldo, former company ko ganyan kaya it's always an issue especially to those na "puti" ang kapalitan since the difference is talagang malaki. Infact meron isang indian guy who've questioned the personnel manager asking whether the company is paying an employee by his job or by his nationality. He was completely pissed kasi reliever nya na scotish is getting over 6K samantalang sya 2.3K lang doing the same job. Mabuti tong bagong company ko difference is 200-300 US lang sa mga kasama kong australian at french which is fair enough. Syempre pa low salary effect lang ako dahil baka mabanatan din ako ng living standard though policy nila equal oppurtunity to all. Sa assignment naman, I've been din to europe, africa, middle east at some asian countries but never accepted sa pinas kasi malaking amount mawawala sa salary plus syempre bayad ka pa ng tax. Sa akin thailand offshore was the best dahil doon ako nagsawa ng beer papunta o pauwi sa location saka daming chicks. Algeria is the worst since 2 of our engineers, a french and an italian was beheaded dyan. Pinakawalan nila ang isa who's nigerian.

[dbuzz]

Diba may nakidnap ngayon na mga employees ng Shell sa Nigeria... May 1 pinoy ata at 2 thais among the other westerners.

pahamak nga yung kidnapping na yan sa nigeria eh. may offer ako dyan last year na talagang interested ako. bali dubai based yung company and they will put up the same business doon sa nigeria at inoffer sa akin. oilfield automation consulting company bali. tungkol sa mga plc's, scada and dcs. ok lang starting around 6k usd,at 3mo cycle. pero ang target ko doon ay ang carrer advancement. nag drag ang deployment ko for more than 3 months dahil nga dyan sa kidnapping na yan(besides my whole family disagree with me going to work there). anyway the company send me one month salary. but eventually i came up to my senses and we call it quits(i think my guardian angel/holy spirit has something to do we my decision). they only took the airline ticket kasi agency ang bumili nun but yung one month salary advance ko di na nila kinuha. kasi nga naman 3 months nila akong pinaghintay na walang income eh.

[BoEinG_747]

marami ba mga recruitment agency ..
open para sa ganyan field dito sa Pinas
mukhang magandang career iyan sa oil or mining field.
laki ng sweldo at ganda pa ng vacation

[jeanpierre]

marami ba mga recruitment agency ..
open para sa ganyan field dito sa Pinas
mukhang magandang career iyan sa oil or mining field.
laki ng sweldo at ganda pa ng vacation

Meron din naman kaya lang maganda pag yong company na mismo ang nag hihire since they will train you muna. Sa agency kasi, mostly ex-oilfield na yan at di sila basta basta hire ng bago. Sa totoo lang, maski experienced pa ang applicant pero wala exposure sa oilfield, mahihirapan matanggap. Ngayon maganda kasi boom ang oilfield since mataas price ng oil.

[NightRock]

I was about to divert my career from Oil Field into IT ng mag boom ang IT parang gusto ko talaga lumipat.. but I realized na hindi pala ganon ka dali... sa oil field ang binbayaran yung exposure mo sa trabaho. marami ako kilala hindi naman tapos pero malalaki din kita nila lalo na pag nasa Oil Rig..

Kung dadaan ka sa Agency sa Phil. for sure mahihirapan ka maka kuha ng good company meron man madalang talaga.. Mostly global company direct sila kung kumuha or bihira kumuha sa manila dahil daming dapat ayusin... One thing for sure sa Oil company mag sasawa ka sa mga training at courses... pati team building kung saan saan.. once we had a team building sa Mt. Everest pero in one of the camp site lang na mababa..

[jeanpierre]

I was about to divert my career from Oil Field into IT ng mag boom ang IT parang gusto ko talaga lumipat.. but I realized na hindi pala ganon ka dali... sa oil field ang binbayaran yung exposure mo sa trabaho. marami ako kilala hindi naman tapos pero malalaki din kita nila lalo na pag nasa Oil Rig..

Kung dadaan ka sa Agency sa Phil. for sure mahihirapan ka maka kuha ng good company meron man madalang talaga.. Mostly global company direct sila kung kumuha or bihira kumuha sa manila dahil daming dapat ayusin... One thing for sure sa Oil company mag sasawa ka sa mga training at courses... pati team building kung saan saan.. once we had a team building sa Mt. Everest pero in one of the camp site lang na mababa..

Hi Nightrock, mabuti at di ka nag divert ng carreer. Training, ganoon din ako ng sa offshore ako naka assign. Complained na nga ako one time dahil 2 weeks training pina join sa akin. Lahat yata ng seamans training, ginawa ko na at kuha pa ako test sa Able bodied seaman. Pinadala na rin ako sa EMD course sa states for 2 weeks sa Lagrange, Illinois. :cheers:

[BoEinG_747]

ano ba mga sites nila or link na pwede pag applyan (oil rig company ) ?
sa middle east ano mga company na OK
aside from ARAMCO at QP.?

[jeanpierre]

ano ba mga sites nila or link na pwede pag applyan (oil rig company ) ?
sa middle east ano mga company na OK
aside from ARAMCO at QP.?

Boeing_747, try mo to:http://www.rigzone.com/

[BoEinG_747]

Complained na nga ako one time dahil 2 weeks training pina join sa akin. Lahat yata ng seamans training, ginawa ko na at kuha pa ako test sa Able bodied seaman. Pinadala na rin ako sa EMD course sa states for 2 weeks sa Lagrange, Illinois.

tuloy tuloy naman po yata ang sweldo ok lang puro trainings

Sir Jean ,thanks po sa link..

[NightRock]

tuloy tuloy naman po yata ang sweldo ok lang puro trainings

Sir Jean ,thanks po sa link..

Kahit on training may salary din... dati nga sinabi ko hindi ako marunong mag drive hehehehe nag driving school ako 1month 2hrs a day lang tapos wala ako ginagawa mag hapon..nahalata lang ng nag tuturo na marunong na talaga ako mag drive ayon pina exam agad...Sa oilfield daming training nakaka sawa may mga courses na every 6months dapat ka mag refresh, paulit ulit mo kukunin at pag may mga bagong module kukuha ka na naman.. di ka pwede mag join sa field pag hindi complete mga courses... Ang wallet ko nga puno ng kung ano anong ID sa mga courses lang

[spearhead_970]

Kahit on training may salary din... dati nga sinabi ko hindi ako marunong mag drive hehehehe nag driving school ako 1month 2hrs a day lang tapos wala ako ginagawa mag hapon..nahalata lang ng nag tuturo na marunong na talaga ako mag drive ayon pina exam agad...Sa oilfield daming training nakaka sawa may mga courses na every 6months dapat ka mag refresh, paulit ulit mo kukunin at pag may mga bagong module kukuha ka na naman.. di ka pwede mag join sa field pag hindi complete mga courses... Ang wallet ko nga puno ng kung ano anong ID sa mga courses lang

oo totoo yan,talagang napakaraming training courses ang pinapakuha ng mga oil companies ngayon as standard na,,safety first ika nga,,at least ay para din sa atin just in case,pero huwag naman sana. di lang maganda ay uulitin mo after a certain time na ma-expire or kailangan mag refresh ka uli,lalong lalo na yong offshore training courses that includes(helicopter underwater escape training)..