North Dakota Job Boom

bobwg · Oct 31, 2011

NBC news reports the town of Williston North Dakota has jobs and not enough people to fill the jobs. The town is booming thanks to oil, NBC says they will have more on the story tonight on some new news show if anyone is interested

jujubeans · Oct 31, 2011

bobwg said:
NBC news reports the town of Williston North Dakota has jobs and not enough people to fill the jobs. The town is booming thanks to oil, NBC says they will have more on the story tonight on some new news show if anyone is interested

They're also having a housing shortage..

paullud · Oct 31, 2011

It isn't only the oil field jobs they can't fill, they need cops, waitresses, mechanics, etc. If unemployed these boom towns are located across the country ND, TX,CO, and PA are just a few.

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OntarioVanMan · Oct 31, 2011

bobwg said:
NBC news reports the town of Williston North Dakota has jobs and not enough people to fill the jobs. The town is booming thanks to oil, NBC says they will have more on the story tonight on some new news show if anyone is interested

You think these pansy easterners will move out there?...

They'd rather sit and moan and groan about how bad America is treating them, blaming it all on greed....

Ever seen the winters out here?

OntarioVanMan · Oct 31, 2011

paullud said:
It isn't only the oil field jobs they can't fill, they need cops, waitresses, mechanics, etc. If unemployed these boom towns are located across the country ND, TX,CO, and PA are just a few.

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And TRUCK drivers....any around here?....didn't think so...

usafk9 · Oct 31, 2011

Think they should move their house with them?

scottm4211 · Oct 31, 2011

Mars needs women.

paullud · Oct 31, 2011

OntarioVanMan said:
And TRUCK drivers....any around here?....didn't think so...

Schneider sent me an email a few weeks ago offering a relocation bonus for experienced drivers or to reimburse rookies for school to get drivers to move to any of these areas.

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Ragman · Oct 31, 2011

usafk9 said:
Think they should move their house with them?

chefdennis · Oct 31, 2011

The "unemployed" move to get a job!?!? And Leave families!?!? You unthinking, unfeeling bunch of....

usafk9 · Oct 31, 2011

Ragman said:

Looks about right.

idtrans · Oct 31, 2011

Williston is where the whimps go ! I run Lignite and Minot allot, North east MT Talk about cold BRRR LOL. THE Money is way better and the bad part No truck stops, no vacant hotels and the best everything is closed sunday.

Trust me my drivers in Watford city earn their $ !!! They are living out of the tractors me I am the whimp I run around and then zip away to where humans are at .

Today I ran from Lignite, nd to Shelby, mt fun drive on hwy 5, 16, 2 super nice 2 lane with no truck stops. Tommorow I drive to Billings and get the rest of the cargo and then straight to del rio, tx are oil fields. and then houston back to lignite. See it's all fun. BTW hope you like slinging iron because even in the mud you gotta chain up the roads you deliver on are muddy and rock coated.

OntarioVanMan · Oct 31, 2011

idtrans said:
Williston is where the whimps go ! I run Lignite and Minot allot, North east MT Talk about cold BRRR LOL. THE Money is way better and the bad part No truck stops, no vacant hotels and the best everything is closed sunday.

Trust me my drivers in Watford city earn their $ !!! They are living out of the tractors me I am the whimp I run around and then zip away to where humans are at .

Today I ran from Lignite, nd to Shelby, mt fun drive on hwy 5, 16, 2 super nice 2 lane with no truck stops. Tommorow I drive to Billings and get the rest of the cargo and then straight to del rio, tx are oil fields. and then houston back to lignite. See it's all fun. BTW hope you like slinging iron because even in the mud you gotta chain up the roads you deliver on are muddy and rock coated.

LOL good one...safe driving out there...

AMonger · Oct 31, 2011

idtrans said:
Williston is where the whimps go ! I run Lignite and Minot allot, North east MT Talk about cold BRRR LOL. THE Money is way better and the bad part No truck stops, no vacant hotels and the best everything is closed sunday.

Trust me my drivers in Watford city earn their $ !!! They are living out of the tractors me I am the whimp I run around and then zip away to where humans are at .

Today I ran from Lignite, nd to Shelby, mt fun drive on hwy 5, 16, 2 super nice 2 lane with no truck stops. Tommorow I drive to Billings and get the rest of the cargo and then straight to del rio, tx are oil fields. and then houston back to lignite. See it's all fun. BTW hope you like slinging iron because even in the mud you gotta chain up the roads you deliver on are muddy and rock coated.

We have to chain up the roads? How does one do that?

Last time I went to Minot, the HELP WANTED signs were all over. Went to get a room and there were none to be had. It's a permanent situation up there.

You know the problem with corrupt and abusive cops? They give the other 5% a bad name.

Jason2 · Nov 1, 2011

usafk9 said:
Looks about right.

i hope my son never sees this. he already wants his house moved to where his new girlfriend lives

Jason2 · Nov 1, 2011

cant get ragmans pic posted

bobwg · Nov 1, 2011

OntarioVanMan said:
And TRUCK drivers....any around here?....didn't think so...

Watching the show last night they said they need 500 truck drivers pay is $80,000 a year, Taco Johns is hiring paying $15.00 an hour. THey estimate total jobs available is 18,000. THere is a housing shortage they showed people living in cars, trucks, RVs,etc