Comments on: Why KBR lost Afghanistan

By: VAZHAYIL RAVINDRANATHAN

VAZHAYIL RAVINDRANATHAN — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:36:17 +0000

IT IS REALLY SO SAD ABOUT THE NEWS AND THE DECISION. KBR IS ONE OF THE BEST ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD AND THEY PROVED IT. THERE ARE FEW MISTAKES BUT IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT KBR IS A WORST
COMPANY. THEIR MANAGEMENT IS REALLY APPRECIABLE
AND TALENTED PEOPLE. US ARMY MUST CONSIDER THEIR NAME FIRST. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GOOD TEAM OF WORKERS AND EVERY EQUIPMENT. MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND TALENTED. LOG CAP V MUST GIVE TO KBR. KBR CAN ONLY MAINTAIN
WELL. OTHER COMPANIES CAN NOT DO LIKE KBR. WHY OTHERS WANTED TO PUT KBR IN BLACK LIST. IT IS SO BAD AND SO SAD. KINDLY INVESTIGATE THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT KBR.

By: WOB

WOB — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:23:08 +0000

You say you were an electrician with KBR? Then you must know that your claiming that KBR had anything to do with those soldiers being electrocuted is BS. Therefore, it’s clear that it’s not only the bosses at KBR you don’t like, it’s the people, too. It’s not Bill Utt who was wiring/grounding those buildings …

Stop lying.

By: A Former KBR Employee

A Former KBR Employee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:30:08 +0000

Very well said.

By: Fluor Foreman

Fluor Foreman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:12:25 +0000

Ballgame one thing it is true Fluor is hiring ex KBR managers
several ex KBR here in Greenville now
another contractor said
it is not what you know it is who you know in KBR

with Fluor you have to take a test to get certified
I know a few master electricians that failed the test

By: Ksniper777

Ksniper777 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:20:34 +0000

Firemazdaman said,on August 23rd, 2009 at 9:07 pm I am currently a KBR Employee Ex-pat, former Marine working in Afghanistan, and Yes this whole thing stinks and it feels like KBR is trying to wash there hands clean of us and setting the two contractors up for failure. But I was just wandering if anyone knows what the current salaries or pay for Dyncorp and Fluor are going to be, lets say for a plumber or a cook. Is pay going up or down and what are my options right now, go home or stick it out with kbr till the end. Just need a little advice.

Ride it out, don’t jump ship yet see what Fluor or Dyncorp will offer. I know that Dyncorp pay 800 toward your ticket and you get 10 days and that is it. I personal would stick it out because DynCorp and or Fluor is going south. Fluor pays more for vacations 4 days travel and 9 days of vacation but there leadership is like tryants.
I hope you won’t be disappointed.

By: ballgame

ballgame — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:45:52 +0000

Everyone keeps saying that Fluor and Dyncorp are gathing up all of KBR’s senior management and that this is going to suck. First off……the “senior senior” staff they are getting are/will be in the states. And yes…even some of their future in country managers will be former KBR People….however, that doesn’t mean that they will suck. I know for a fact that two of their future “in country” management staff are two that fought senior management on all their shady deals. And even filed formal complaints with their ethics line as well. Of course nothing was done….thats the KBR way, and thats why they left that company and are now working for Fluor.

So lets be careful of using a broad brush to paint a bad picture on all of Fluor and Dyncorps future management…even if they did work for KBR at sometime in the past.

Cheers

By: Firemazdaman

Firemazdaman — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:07:50 +0000

I am currently a KBR Employee Ex-pat, former Marine working in Afghanistan, and Yes this whole thing stinks and it feels like KBR is trying to wash there hands clean of us and setting the two contractors up for failure. But I was just wandering if anyone knows what the current salaries or pay for Dyncorp and Fluor are going to be, lets say for a plumber or a cook. Is pay going up or down and what are my options right now, go home or stick it out with kbr till the end. Just need a little advice.

By: frankinfish

frankinfish — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:22:17 +0000

I too was a k.b.r. employee in Iraq 2004-2005 and another outfit 2006…management as well as some k.b.r. employees caused a lot of trouble, broke rules and laws, I saw this, got treated badly while others profited….

Can not say mch more due to legal reasons…
many of us were damned if we did damned if we didn’t…..k.b.r. does suck….the upper management that is, most people were patriotic, we made good money, was hated by the military, and a cover up done by management,cheating was rampant……this may come out years into the future, but not now……..

By: amanra

amanra — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:51:51 +0000

Dear blogger,

We have wrote a lot about KBR Management and issues here in the country.
What do you think about new guys who are coming here to established New Management, new rules and new policies??? Have you heard anything yet??
I hope, they do care more then these guys.

Ms Sparky’s Response:
One would hope that Fluor and Dyncorp have the sense to see what KBR has created with their poor management policies. I believe it is what caused them to lose the contract.

Hopefully Fluor and Dyncorp are going to chose a different path. But as long as they continue to gather up upper level KBR managers they are destine to repeat KBR’s performance.

By: Baboo

Baboo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:21:56 +0000

Let me guess, BAF Masons are from Louisiana….

By: kbr wife

kbr wife — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:15:02 +0000

Here in Baf if your a mason, being in the click and having good relationship with upper management, your chances of being written up are very slim or terminated. My husband has been there for many years and just resently he got written up and moved to his old job as when he started. But all must come to an end and what goes up must come down. There is a God and he sees who is fair and who is not. God bless each and everyone who has served our country.

By: Judy777

Judy777 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:12:17 +0000

KBR lost Afghanistan because the management is incompetent. These managers couldn’t manage a redneck turkey shoot with one shooter!

By: KBR_Truckdriver

KBR_Truckdriver — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:51:09 +0000

Does anyone have any clue whats going to happen in iraq come the end of august? There’s alot of speculation going on over here but no answers. I was just wondering if anyones heard anything. And yes the managment is covering there ass’s more and more buy shifting blame on everyone but themselves for a lousy job they do.

By: Baboo Remembers

Baboo Remembers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:22:01 +0000

I’m sure it’s regarding the transition from contractor to contractor. The military should be involved with the meeting. I’m sure one of the contractors will offer him a job.

By: amanra

amanra — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:19:46 +0000

Does anybody know anything about meeting in Kandahar between Jim Luchsinger the head of KBR in Afghanistan and Fluor and Dynacorp?

By: Baboo Remembers

Baboo Remembers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:53:27 +0000

If the Marines need an extra set of boots or an anchor, I’ll give’em mine!

By: Baboo Remembers

Baboo Remembers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:30:14 +0000

No, I’m just aware of the bag of dirty tricks people play. I had alot of contacts at one time. Most of them crapped out or some better than beat them at that their own game.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:05:04 +0000

Baboo, were you in the Balkans? That very thing happened when DynCorp won the LogCap2 contract in ’98, but couldn’t provide the seamless turnover demanded by the client. (BRSC simply said they’d terminate everyone and go home. BRSC also owned much of the heavy equipment on the sites at the time.)

DynCorp ended up losing the LogCap2 contract on that basis, and BRSC won the 10year no-compete contract.

BRSC later ended up taking the majority of contract jobs over there, bumping out Raytheon, Lockheed, and others.

By: Jims thoughts

Jims thoughts — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:30:13 +0000

KBR Wife, I hope he is able to hang in there and not be forced out, he really sounds like one of the few honorable people left here.

Bamboo Remembers, I hope they remember that they, and we, are here to serve the Troops and not to let petty issues such as being kicked out for failing the contract to make them let the camps sink and the Troops feel the lack of effort and upkeep. IF they do such I hope the Marines help them out the gate with a large sized boot.

We will see how few professionals KBR retain by the condiion of the camps on the handover dates, the people there already know what is wrong and how to fix it, passing that information on will make taking care of teh Troops easier for all but I doubt they will see it that way.

By: KBR Wife

KBR Wife — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:42:14 +0000

Over Here is right about ex-pats being written up and/or given verbal counselings for minor issues. My husband has been in Iraq at the same base for over four years and in the same department; he’s never been ‘counseled’ or written up for anything until just a few days ago. He has been extremely careful to follow the rules and regulations, no matter how frequently they changed (and they do change, sometimes several times a day). He’s there to do a good job for himself, the troops, and KBR. He’s been a foreman for a couple of years but at this time is the acting supervisor since the supe is out on EOC; therefore, he has to check, sign, and turn in time sheets every Saturday night/Sunday morning (depending on if it’s the end-of-month time crunch – you all remember that, don’t you?). While signing the 30-something time sheets for his department, he inadvertently left off the last number of his SAP on ONE timesheet. It went through three other department checks (project controls, etc.) before it was ‘caught’. Whomever the last person was to check the timesheets is an ass…they obviously were nit-picking to find something, anything to target. Why not just add the last number since there were more than 30 other time sheets correctly signed with entire SAP number on it? Common sense!! Hard to find in years past, almost non-existent now…

For those remaining in Iraq, watch your every step, thought, and word. Big brother IS watching and waiting to nail you on anything.

Good luck!