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Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: 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
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Sixpence 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?
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: 1K0N 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
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Sixpence on April 19, 2004, 07:52:44 AM: Quote
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.
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Nilsen on April 19, 2004, 08:17:49 AM: LOL 1KON :D
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Sixpence on April 19, 2004, 08:39:40 AM: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18130
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: gofaster 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.
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: crowMAW 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. :eek:
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Sixpence on April 19, 2004, 09:45:39 PM: Is that a transport plane?
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: crowMAW 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
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Sixpence 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
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Tarmac 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.
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Maverick on April 19, 2004, 11:04:06 PM: They did something similar in Panama right after that little dust up.
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: moose 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
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on April 20, 2004, 07:36:27 AM: Quote
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.
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: moose on April 20, 2004, 08:22:21 AM: im curious as to where you'd look for openings
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: gofaster on April 20, 2004, 08:30:04 AM: Quote
Originally posted by crowMAW
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

(http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/images/arl_ngessi__flying_26.jpg)

How high does an RPG reach?
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: 1K0N on April 20, 2004, 08:33:33 AM: Quote
Originally posted by moose
im curious as to where you'd look for openings

http://www.halliburton.com/careers/index.jsp

IKON
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: Masherbrum on April 20, 2004, 09:45:03 AM: I wouldn't go to that chithole for $1 million dollar a year salary.

Keep your heads up troops.

Karaya
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on April 20, 2004, 09:53:34 AM: Quote
Originally posted by gofaster
(http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/images/arl_ngessi__flying_26.jpg)

How high does an RPG reach?

900 meters then the warhead explodes
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: StabbyTheIcePic on April 20, 2004, 10:05:19 AM: Remember that that salary is tax free as well. So it is ever so enticeing.
Title: Halliburton hiring contractors
Post by: moose on April 20, 2004, 12:09:33 PM: nothing for jobs in 'middle east'

ya right, theyd better update that stuff