Pros
Overall company buoyancy in changing economies. Company size overall and longevity.
Cons
What they won’t tell you in cementing hiring conversations: Yard is highly congested. Employee parking is not gated like most Halliburton facilities and is also quite tight. If you don’t know this is not the same location as the old Halliburton yard in Williston. You will be expected to host a non-CDL worker in the cab of your assigned Kenworth on cementing jobs - to include waiting on wellsite times and attempting to 10-off. That means having the gear of two guys - maybe rain or winter gear. Coolers, backpacks, tools, sleeping gear etc. all of which usually have to occupy the seats In order to use the sleeper when it’s the gear of just one person. Halliburton wants you to do this with two people in the cab for cementing which can be hours and hours. How much more unaccommodating will that be if it is raining, muddy or cold. Then you have two dudes and wet muddy gear in the cab. In the yard they uncouple trailers continually for loading purposes and necessity due to lack of tractors. Some trailers have compressors while some do not - same goes for the trucks so there is a lot of changing trucks and running around the yard to find the appropriate truck if it is running. You also have to make sure that it is not a Halliburton truck that is reserved for their third party hauling operations. 85% of the time you will have to add 4 -20ft hammer Union hoses to the side of your bulk truck as per requirements - after pretipping you will need to go to another trailer and take its hoses off and put onto your trailer. This is almost always done before going out because they will not buy more hoses. This could easily be solved by giving the supervisor a trailer for iron and hoses. An added bonus is that during rig-up/rig-down there will be ample opportunities to work at unraveling 100-ft Kelly hoses that are not reeled. You will be required to book your own stay at Target’s mancamp. They pay but you are responsible for booking for each rotation and you must do this in advance before your hitch starts and if you are working your days off. If there is a glitch in administering your reservation - you will have to pay for the nights you stay until it is fixed. There is one lady that you are instructed to contact at Halliburton for help in these matters. This woman is the most rude and unhelpful Human Resources person that I have ever interacted with in my entire working life in or out of the oilfield. I remarked about this to some of the head guys in my department and they said that they receive the same treatment from her. Many of the guys I spoke to also complained about her rudeness and general lack of empathy or helpfulness toward crew members. Even the mancamp staff told me that they are treated well by her but they were very aware of her meanness to the working men and that they had heard countless complaints over time from Halliburton workers staying there. If you stay at mancamp there is no per diem. You can take food with you from the cafeteria but they no longer supply bags so you need to take something into the cafeteria. There are no fridges in the rooms do you will not be able to cycle freezer packs for your cooler. You are relegated to ice that will turn into a lake in your cooler unless you make other provisions.