2006 what kind of year

[tavarich]

Calling all big brains out there. What is your predictions for this years jobs.
Is there going to be a banner year for jobs or just so so. What ya'll think. :fauches: or :rockwoot:

[wkdivr]

:2cents In my opinion it's going to be kind of so-so. There's so much money being dumped in Iraq, lots of other budgets are going to suffer. Unfortunately, the contractors are going to be making all the real money, not the guys sticking their necks out building the embassies. I've had some dialog lately with Cosmopolitan about the Baghdad embassy, but I heard they only want to pay in the $35-$45/hr range. :wtf

[TheJester]

... Baghdad embassy, but I heard they only want to pay in the $35-$45/hr range. :wtf :lol: Baghdad and $35-$45/hr should not even be in the same sentence, I'm pulling the :bs flag on that offer.

Personally, I think it could be good. First, we got this site going strong and on our side. Two, with all the work getting dumped into Iraq and Afghanistan, along with Beijing trying to make an effort at manning up, there is a rather large draught going on for cleared americans. Wages will have to go up to get people, but people will also have to "nut up" and not go for peanuts in order as to not screw the rest of us. As soon as one person says "yes" to anything less than $30/hr, no matter where, we are all screwed.

[mexfishguide]

Jester

You hit the nail on the head bud. :doh

I have for some time tried to get our folks to not sign for less then us$30.00 per hour. Even that is not enough for some of these locations, but if the firms see, we are beginning to mean something, we will all be better off.

I do not care how warm it is and how many lbfm that or pbr, or anything else,
got to have money to drop in the bank. At least thats what being overseas means to me.

Try it you'l like it.

Take Care
Fishguide :cheers

[wkdivr]

:banghead Well.....I told Hardline that it would take $1000-$1200/day,(which might be kind of high) and got an IMMEDIATE reply that was more than the guy that owns the company makes.Then, I said $85/hr, and haven't heard anything back, so make your own conclusions. These assholes don't seem to realize that the embassy in Baghdad is going to be THE target, and you ARE putting your life on the line every day, and even in the off times, for that matter. I don't have anything against the contractors getting rich, but in that situation, I want to get rich, too. You can be SURE, THEY'RE not doing it for next to nothing!!! :AR15 :AR15

[mexfishguide]

Perhaps, the guy that owns the company, needs to sell out and move on, are get into the trenchs with the hands. :doh

Then see if he thinks 85-90 an hour is to much!!!!

He can go as a front line supervisor for 90 an hour, plus what he makes off other hands, and projects, simple to me.

I am one of those hand, that is not going for 90 an hour. Course that will not disappoint them. :moon

Take Care, keep your head & ass down.

Fishguide :cheers

[Anywhere]

cosmopolitan sent me papers for physical and all the shit, but they will not talk money. eveything is still in the envelope. they may not know a war is going on there. we have to hang tough. :cheers

[TheJester]

:offtopic

[Gammaman2]

:doh Well, I'm new to the overseas gigs, so I can't express an opinion on anything more than the one I'm working, but the pay here is less than what I would expect for overseas work for cleared Americans. But if you think that's bad, there's a cat in Wisconsin looking for TIG welders for aluminum/copper that's offering $26/hr, all indoor, 16 months. Sounds good until you read the kicker-$10.50 is taxed, the rest is counted as P/D. Sounds like a good ol' fuckin if you ask me. I've run across this kind before. Check it on on ********* under Cunstruction Jobs. :wtf

Anyway, if you go out of country for less than $30 + P/D or expenses, you're not only taking it yourself, your setting up everyone else to take it right along with you. I've worked the contract racket for 15 years, and I know that when people start to cave, wages stagnate or start to fall. Stand tough, when they talk lowball, bang the damn phone on the counter and tell them you got a bad connection. If they repeat, hang up. If they're desparate, they'll call back. It's worked for me in the states, should work for overseas.

Gammaman2

[mexfishguide]

I like the sound of some these posts.

There is so much work overseas at this time, there is not reason to go for nothing!!! The Iraq contractors, can not get enough help to spend the money our government has gave them. :usa:

Go to the "center for public integrity" look around at some of the firures we have thrown at the big contractors, then decide if you want to work Iraq or Afghanistan, for US wages? Be kind of stupid. :2up

I don not care what color the zone is, they are killing people in Iraq, just beware it is not a picniv.

Take Care
Fushguide :cheers

[toddlampiris]

He's right, this is what happens when 2 rockets slam into a non hardend building..Dead TCN's and Americans on other attacks. I wanted to upload pix of their trailer as well as some pix of IED / EFP struck Hummers, but you cant see them if I shrink 'em down to 19K anyone interested send your email addy to toddlampiris@earthlink.net. NOBODY should even consider working here for less than 200K!!!!!!!!:AR15 :AR15

[Gabriele]

I was told that Bejing was all manned up last year. I thought Caddel (sp) was manning the project and Zachry doing the project management. You needed a TS to work on that project.

I was offered 170K a year to work on the communications equipment in the green zone last year, I said I needed to wait until the first of the year (2 months), they wanted someone right away and then 3 days later I saw where a car bomb went off in the GREEN ZONE.

Most of the hands were saying that contracts were being beat down, completion bonuses being eliminated and/or rolled into the hourly rate. Plus a different pay scale for a short term contract versus a long term contract.

Anyway though, I had more money in the bank then I do now making more on the hour in the US.

[thickcajun]

if iut ain't 602 a day it ain't worth it.