Schlumberger Candidate

Hello all, I am new to this whole website. I am grateful to have found it for a lot of the forum posts have helped steer me in the right direction and not get screwed by some trucking companies.

With that said, I am currently searching for more information on Schlumberger Oil Services. I have an interview at a hiring event on the 12th, this Wednesday, and it is through Elwood Staffing (I've read a mix of reviews about this agency).

I am in Alabama and they say that Schlumberger pays for the flight out for fifteen days and then flies you back to your home for six days off.

84 hours a week at 17 an hour plus the overtime 25.50

Seems like a good deal for someone that is a military veteran and doesn't mind living in crappy conditions to make good money.

However, my problem lies in the fact that I have only a Class A CDL Permit. Schlumberger supposedly will hire me as long as I have a permit, but most places I see require the Class A license. I have been looking at schools for my CDL and have found one at a community college close to me, but it doesn't start another class until october 22nd. Also, I was told Schlumberger would pay for me to get my license. I, of course, would get the proper endorsements for the oilfield, too.

Am I walking into getting screwed? Anyone been in my shoes with getting hired on as a Class A CDL Permit holder?

 

Thanks I appreciate that. It is supposedly a cement operator.

 

Well, I don't mind that at the moment. I expected that the travel time would eat into the 6 days off. I just don't want to walk into this job expecting a fat check and get a malnourished one.

I don't want to get screwed by another agency and not get what was promised. But I guess i won't know exactly what Schlumberger is really going to give me until tomorrow when I go to this hiring event.

Would y'all suggest that I somehow get my CDL? I know I need a school or else companies won't really even look at you. But as someone with just a Class A Permit, I won't get as much money, obviously, as someone with a Class A License. They talk about how they will help me get my CDL or whatever, but for those that have dealt with this type of thing, would I be better off getting it on my own and THEN applying again?