There are only 2 kinds of contractors: trained and untrained
Mar 22, 2009 Commentary, Jake's Posts
By Jake Allen
One of the aspects that amuses me about contracting is the free-flow of people between companies and contracts. It’s not uncommon to join a project and see a number of familiar faces with whom you have a shared history even if each has worked for multiple companies in the interim. The down side of this reality is that you also see a few nardowells who probably should be either in prison or committed to an institution for lunacy or just general stupidity. How does this happen? Simply stated, it’s ‘the buddy system’ that is to blame. In this business people recruit and even promote their mates in absence of, or often worse, in violation of standing company policies.
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Lawsuit Claims Xe Covered Up Party Slaying
Mar 22, 2009 Industry News
SAN DIEGO — A federal lawsuit filed in San Diego claims an intoxicated employee of a private security agency randomly murdered an Iraqi vice president’s guard after a 2006 Christmas Eve party and the company tried to cover it up.The suit alleges that former Blackwater employee Andrew Moonen fatally shot Raheem Khalaf Sa’adoon, 32, who was a security guard for Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi, and that several Blackwater-related defendants under the control of company Chairman Erik Prince attempted to evade responsibility.
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