Patterson-UTI Drilling Employee Reviews about "rigs"

Pros

Good company process went pretty good

Cons

They move you a lot from rigs if you are a rig worm

Pros

Non to speak of overall

Cons

Hard to keep rigs out

Pros

There are no pros with These people

Cons

Stacking rigs out and laying off

Pros

The schedule is why I work here

Cons

Where do I begin? Been with the company going on 5 years. Currently a derrickhand. Worked before the downturn, then the company started taking things from us. First it was money per hour, then per diem, then bonuses. Made more money as a first year floorhand than I do now 5 years later as a derrickhand. This company claims to care about their employees on the rigs, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Now that things are booming again, they refuse to give us back ANYTHING they took from us before the downturn. Morale on the rigs is at rock bottom. People are just here for a paycheck now. They can't hire enough guys, because they're losing too many people due to frustrated workers. If you truly care about your employees, then give back the things you've taken from us. My God, we can only get one type of coveralls on the website now, which are heavy material and cause you to overheat in the summer. They think we're dumb. We know how many millions you're saving now because of the corporate tax reduction, but you still refuse to give anything back to us. Instead, the company uses that money to purchase stock buybacks to make their shareholders happy. They don't give a damn about the guys on the rigs at all. All they care about is working us to death to make them money. They seem to forget they make that money because of the guys working the rigs, yet we get treated the worst. Here's a hint, if you wanna keep guys happy and stop losing so many people, give us back what you've taken from us, because right now, guys are just going through the motions and don't care at all about doing a good job.

Pros

Day off and the pay

Cons

Lazy hands on some rigs

Pros

employment, money, time off work

Cons

a lot of racism at the rigs

Pros

competitive wage and benefits

Cons

switch rigs constantly,inexperienced supervisors,inexperienced employees

Pros

Great benefits and opportunity for advancement. Continuous training. Good pay. When the price of oil is up, this is hands down the best drilling company I've worked for. I advanced from worm to drill in a little over a year.

Cons

Training can feel repetitive after you've been there a while. I didn't want to leave them but we had an unresolvable scheduling issue during a downturn. Work is unreliable during a downturn, as their rigs are some of the first to stack, causing inflexibility for employees.