Author Topic: Halliburton hiring contractors (Read 527 times)

1K0N · « **on:** April 19, 2004, 06:55:49 AM »

Halliburton had a job fair in florida last week and pretty much hired anyone that looked remotely qualified to do anything for the Iraq rebuilding contract. Salaries reported to be 3 times normal range.
There was an article in the local rag.

IKON

Sixpence · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2004, 06:59:45 AM »

Why not hire and train Iraqi citizens? We are trying to rebuid Iraq, why not train them to work and build on their own and give them jobs at the same time? Better yet, why don't we just train them and let them rebuild their country?

1K0N · « **Reply #2 on:** April 19, 2004, 07:41:09 AM »

What I had heard from a few that had got back was that the normal Iraqi male sits around all day getting high, the women do all the work... Sounds like florida...

IKON

Sixpence · « **Reply #3 on:** April 19, 2004, 07:52:44 AM »

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Originally posted by 1K0N
What I had heard from a few that had got back was that the normal Iraqi male sits around all day getting high, the women do all the work..

IKON

Ok, train the women.

Nilsen · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2004, 08:17:49 AM »

LOL 1KON

Sixpence · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2004, 08:39:40 AM »

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18130

gofaster · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2004, 08:40:01 AM »

I'm guessing Halliburton is paying 3x the salary because they figure the poor suckers going over there won't live long enough to receive the money.

High risk, high reward.

crowMAW · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2004, 09:43:59 PM »

A buddy of mine, who I fly with on weekends, just retired from US Customs and took a job with a "private" company to fly a "modified" Dash-7 (probably a "private" RC-7) in a middle eastern country (he would not be more specific). His salary for the next year...$11,500/week.

Sixpence · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2004, 09:45:39 PM »

Is that a transport plane?

crowMAW · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2004, 09:46:35 PM »

The RC-7 is sort of a transport plane...at least it looks like one on the outside.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/arl.htm

Sixpence · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2004, 09:54:05 PM »

I can only begin to imagine the money the people who are hiring them are raking in.

Found this on the outsourcing of the military http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18193

Tarmac · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2004, 10:43:30 PM »

They were offering cops with experience 159k for a year tour over there, helping train Iraqi police.

I'll pass.

Maverick · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2004, 11:04:06 PM »

They did something similar in Panama right after that little dust up.

moose · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2004, 07:07:27 AM »

outta curiousity, if there is someone like me who's just a regular maintanence bum, is there any way to pick up general work over there?

i'd go over and do crap jobs if it was worth the money, for sure

_Schadenfreude_ · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2004, 07:36:27 AM »

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Originally posted by moose
outta curiousity, if there is someone like me who's just a regular maintanence bum, is there any way to pick up general work over there?

i'd go over and do crap jobs if it was worth the money, for sure

My brother in law got offered a job in construction in Iraq from a UK coy so it can't be that difficult if you're USA based - take lots and lots of insuarance out before you go.