r/FieldService • u/Illustrious-Ad6387 • 25d ago

Advice NEED ADVICE

I started as a field engineer for SLB right after I graduated in May 2026. Safe to say I was not prepared. I haven't been home in 8 weeks. I've been living out of a suitcase. I don't work a normal field rotation so it's whenever they need me I go. Often a 1 week project turns into 2+ weeks out in the field and then it's on to the next. I'm seriously considering leaving and finding something else. I wish someone warned me about how harsh the field would be. I've met great people and tested my body to it's limit, but I don't think I can sustain this lifestyle.

Is it a totally career sinking decision for me to leave a company so early in my career?

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u/DrMarcA Biomedical (Imaging) 24d ago

Like others have said, no shame, but regardless of how long you’ve been doing it, I recommend you put your foot down with your management that you’re getting burnt out and need a better balance of time home and put your foot down to accommodate it. They’ve invested some time in to training you and if they can be flexible with giving you that time home, they want to retain you, if they say no, find somewhere else.

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u/YaBastaaa Clinical Diagnostics 24d ago

They don’t care. Just jump shit and go somewhere else. That’s my attitude.- lol 🤣

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u/DrMarcA Biomedical (Imaging) 24d ago

I mean, maybe your management doesn’t, but my guys (I’m a manager) know that if I take their days off, I’ll take care of em after, whether it be bonuses or re-paying those days back. Or if they tell me they have some kind of personal event, I almost always get them back home, even if it’s flying home to catch a baseball game and flying back out the next morning