Description of a modern day rig worker for Ian1216 Mar 2024 11:26
When I started in Sea there was no WiFi, you had to queue in line for a 5 minute phone call to home, the news paper were delivered when ever the choppers arrived, sometimes the papers would be a few days old, there was a tv room with 4 channels to pick from, now we have a tv in every cabin wall to wall wifi everywhere in the accommodation with full sky package…
It’s been a fantastic transformation, and I can tell you that nearly every rig worker you will see, during off shift or meal breaks, will have his/her phone in their and be in contact with the outside world, but mainly social media, me personally I check my Portfolio, Pensions and Crypto daily, I am home at the moment, I have been on nights for the past 2 years, this enables me to browse, when most are asleep…