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Comment by daddy23 on June 25, 2008 at 11:09pm

hey guys i am new at this and i just wanted to see what this is all about . i am a dad to 3 and i work on an oil drilling rig in tx i am away from my family for 2 to 3 weeks at a time which sucks but the money is good and the time off is even better so i guess it all evens out . any way just thought i would say hello

Comment by Eric Corriere on May 23, 2008 at 9:44pm

I have a huge opportunity that has arose, and my company is going nationwide. The company started here in Massachusetts, and has since grown to NJ, PA and now going to CT. I've been asked if I were interested in relocating to run the entire operation. I currently am the Operations Manager, but only for 2 buildings right now. I don't handle purchasing, dispatching etc. with the operations I handle. I handle the operations of inbound/outbounding. And I feel like I'm making crap money already for what I have to handle with all the employees I have, and being in at 6am every morning, not getting home until 5pm..- but I'm 23 without a college degree. I'd do the same thing if I were them. BUT to RUN this new place, I almost feel like they should double the salary I currently have (I'm still under 50K), or at least a 50% increase. IF I were to get/take it anyway. Does it sound like I'm being too greedy? I'm good at what I do, if I wasn't I wouldn't be where I am at my age, but I'm still a little inexperienced with asking for increases.. especially of this magnitude. Can someone lead some advice?
And also a huge factor in this decision is, my kid will be 4 in July- is it better to do this sort of thing while he's still young? I would think so.. but that's just me.
Thanks!

Comment by Dragon Daddy on May 23, 2008 at 10:11am

Hello everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm the mostly working (between jobs at the moment) father of Two and a half year old son.

Comment by Carlos on April 15, 2008 at 6:16pm

Hello everyone..just wanted to stop through and say hi. Im new to this whole thing but I figured I would join this group since I am a working dad. Soon to be prettty busy since my wife will be deploying and I will be here with my 4 month old. Any advice will be great!