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[Zoro]

Awesome photos and job mate, sounds like good $$$$ too!

Honestly I love the job mate, my boss thinks I'm wierd when I roll in on a Monday smiling.....
Just dont like the dick swinging match that happens when you're offshore. Ego's run quite high, especially with newbie's. There are certain ways to deal with those people though, let them make their own mistakes and they become a bit more humble...eventually. I have been doing it since 05 and have seen some good guys come and go, like with any job though the idiots do hang around and wonder why they dont progress any further.
Part of life I guess, roll with the punches.

I'm trying to steer away from going offshore anymore though, I have a 5 year old daughter whom I miss greatly when I'm away, this is the hardest to deal with.
I'm now a Project Coordinator which is an onshore desk job. Unfortuneately we gain a repoire with certain customers, they know how you work and what your attitude is like and they insist that you go and do certain jobs for them, its hard to say "no" to these people especially when they're asking for you specifically. My boss will still ask me if want to go away and when I hum and har about it he'll say "but Derek/ Stew/ Brian etc has asked for you to go". How can I say "no"?
If there is no internet to freely access when I'm away I come back to a mile of emails and work that needs to be done. Another reason why I try not to go away anymore.

Need some fresh blood with good work ethics and attitudes.....and some common sense goes a long way too.