# Mcallister offshore, new york **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [June 10, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842 "2014-06-10T10:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jreng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@jreng](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jreng)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/1 "2014-06-10T10:27:12Z")
Can anybody tell me what kind of company Mcallister offshore is like to work for? ---
**Author:** ![bigoneboat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@bigoneboat](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/bigoneboat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/2 "2014-06-12T16:20:59Z")
The overwhelming number of responses to this thread should be more than sufficient to answer your question… ---
**Author:** ![Tugboater203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/tugboater203/32/14108_2.png) [@Tugboater203](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Tugboater203)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/3 "2014-06-12T16:57:04Z")
Are you just starting out? It’ll get you a pay check while you wait for a better company to hire you. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/4 "2014-06-12T18:05:30Z")
It’s a paycheck? They take “ok” care of guys who have been there for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![BargeMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BargeMonkey](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BargeMonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/5 "2014-06-13T00:21:37Z")
If you like old boats, dirty crew members and being tied up and sent home its not a bad place to be. Once a couple of the barges they push around finally go out your going to see a mad scrambler and a bunch of parked equipment. ---
**Author:** ![ClutchCargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@ClutchCargo](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ClutchCargo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/6 "2014-06-13T04:06:49Z")
Strictly bottom-shelf or 3rd tier kind of Company. Steve Kress, the general manager, has run McAllister into the ground during his tenure. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/7 "2014-06-13T04:28:46Z")
> [@"ClutchCargo"](#): > > Strictly bottom-shelf or 3rd tier kind of Company. Steve Kress, the general manager, has run McAllister into the ground during his tenure. “Micro” has something to do with the managing. It’s a shame though. Why they could never get a union vote is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![injunear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e95f7d/32.png) [@injunear](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/injunear)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/8 "2014-06-13T05:15:41Z")
Never worked for them but surely they’ve improved since the '80s and '90s. In JAX, I’ve witnessed on several occasions where one tug had to drag-start another. ---
**Author:** ![Goirish44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Goirish44](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Goirish44)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/9 "2014-06-13T10:58:27Z")
Was on a ship with an ABS guy telling me about how he went on a Mcallister boat and the whole msd system was made out of PVC bought at Home Depot, leaky, shitty, and unsafe. ---
**Author:** ![highseasharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@highseasharry](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/highseasharry)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/mcallister-offshore-new-york/12842/10 "2014-06-16T01:43:55Z")
McAllister is a fly-by-night two-bit joke. Broken down equipment patched together with duct tape and bailing wire. Don’t go offshore with them. They’ll take you on right away because no one stays there any longer than enough time to get some experience and go somewhere else.