Working for Halliburton

[Crookedplatipus]

Hello all...

I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience working for, or knows someone who had cooked for Halliburton in Afghanistan or Iraq. I've scoped out their website about the jobs, but I was looking for a more personal viewpoint. Worth the money they pay, or hellish waste of time covered in sand?

Thanks in advance, guys and galls -

[AprilB]

I found this when I did some research after my trucker son had decided to try to get what he thought to be some easy big money. (apparently working here is just too much work)

Yes, it's geared towards his trucking job, but will give you a whole lot of insight about Halliburton.

IMHO....NO FRIGGIN WAY!

April

[nowIamone]

Halliburton has operated in several oilfield and construction arenas that I have worked in. They are a big, big company, and like any big company they can have many problems. When you are that big it's like being a country, a lot of management at many levels.

In my other life I was an oilfield contractor. I can see how the billing issues arose; they get corrected at audit. Happens a lot, even with government contracts........even small ones.

Very few companies in the world have the degree of experience that Halliburton has, and also the experience in that corner of the world. Actually only a couple come to mind, Brown & Root, Bechtel Corporation and Morrison-Knudsen (which barely exists since Dennis Washington of the Washington Transportation group bought them). It didn't surprise me that Halliburton was considered for the job and awarded the contract; they are capable and qualified. Large contracts, that will be considered cost, plus overhead and profit normally go to a negotiated status after the initial proposals have been reviewed and the contractor's are narrowed down to a most qualified status.

I looked at the website which appears to have severe liberal leanings with ulterior motives. Go talk to them, it will be a camp job in a war zone so your movements may be limited, (meaning it won't be work at a resort in a tourist area, where you can go to town off shift) but it could prove to be rewarding financially and an interesting experience.

[panini]

I hear the pay is spectacular for those cooking in the accounting department.
sorry
hi pay = high risk.