Originally Posted by
schurchill39
That is probably the best description of how the world views O&G workers I've ever read. Back in 2015 I know a ton of people who couldn't even get part time work driving a gravel truck or working as a general laborer because they had O&G experience on their resume. Friends who own companies in the trades have admitted that as soon as they see anything O&G related, even if its just mention of a project you worked on, they toss your resume right in the trash. That's also been my experience from a good portion of jobs that that I've applied for outside of the industry over the years - "sorry, we don't hire anyone from the oil patch so your resume wasn't considered for this position". Currently I am busy enough that I've stopped the outside search, but I know I would be fucked regardless if I wanted out of oil & gas or not.