The Bakken

[Diesel]

Been entertaining the thought of going up to the North Dakota oil fields and getting a driving job.

I'm wondering if any of you know anything about whats going on up in North Dakota.

[Mopar1973Man]

Talk to Wild and Free he's up there...

[mopartechnician]

Good money but heard its like the wild west with theifs and crooks

[Wild and Free]

You do not need to be in the Bakken to find a driving job here, Driving jobs are everywhere and with almost every type of company. If you want to work 60 hour weeks and fight the traffic and bad roads then the bakken is your thing if you like to live life outside of work there are many many driving jobs as well as anything else you could dream of here all across the state.

 

Don't believe what you hear and read about the crime, it isn't what you hear about on the news, you double the population of towns in 3-5 years it will bring along with it some bad apples but that is human nature, the statistics show that with population figures in on top of crime stats that crime has actually fallen over the last few years, the rumors are rampant though. Every place has crime but oil booms bring in some folks looking to exploit those with full pockets and the lonely.

[Diesel]

Well. Driving jobs are everywhere. I'm not thinking of going to North Dakota because I think that is the place to get a driving job. I've got one of those right here. I'm looking to go to the Bakken specifically because it is my understanding that the jobs there pay VERY good money, and for now anyway, I am a truck driver so that would be the job I would do. Maybe after being there I would change it up, but to start I'd probably be better off sticking with what I know. Dontcha think?

Edited June 30, 2014 by Diesel

[Wild and Free]

VERY good is all dependent on ones perspective of how much time one wants to live behind the wheel. Most of the oil trucking jobs start out in the mid 20's / hour and go up from there..................but that has driven up all the driving jobs that are nonrelated to oil into similar pay ranges as a lot of folks flocked out to the oil fields and to gain any interest from anyone else looking for jobs all other companies had to anti up the pay scale as well.

Six figure income is easy but the hours are extremely long behind the wheel and that brings out the bad attitudes and bad mouthing of the industry and area over time   .