What would it take for you to move to Minot ND?

[Freezer]

We need a PMEL technician up here in the frozen north.  What do you think, pay and benifits wise, it'll take to get one to move here?

[docbyers]

Call Brian Berry.  Maybe he'd move back there...  He used to be there a while ago, and was at Clovis, NM the last I knew.  I have an email address for him somewhere...

For myself, it would take $50/hour and a company Hummer to move out of 'balmy' Cincinnati...!

[Freezer]

   As I understand it, Brian is the Lab chief and acting site manager at Cannon right now.  Same company, same contract.  Not that we're above poaching!  Cannon may be fertile ground after the BRAC rounds...

Glad you capitalized the Hummer... Not that you'd get one either way...

[docbyers]

Good for Brian!  I was his 'pinger' at Lowry back in '82.  I'll not embarass him (or myself) by telling stories about the 'adventures' him and I had...  He might tell you about a clutch change in a Mustang Cobra Mach II and his mother's laundry...  To this day I avoid Ford bell housings and throw-out bearings like a Korean hooker...

As far as the Hummer, hey, if you're gonna ask, ask BIG!  That way when they give you a company Jeep you're not too disappointed.  ...and I'd need $50/hour just pay for my heat up there!  3 years in Italy dropped my tolerance levels of temperature extremes...

[deerhunter]

How's the hunting?

[Freezer]

Snow goose, Honker, sharptail, pheasant, Hungarian Partridge, Whitetail Deer, Mule Deer, Pronghorn, Elk, Bighorn sheep, Moose, Turkey, Swan, Ducks, or Prairie dogs? 

[docbyers]

You just maybe caught deerhunter's attention with that list...!

[Freezer]

I forgot to mention Sandhill Cranes, Coyotes, Rabbits, Ruffed Grouse, Doves, and all the trapping opportunities.


We also do a little fishing around here.  Of Course, the ice is a couple feet thick right now...

[deerhunter]

Sounds like a hunting paradise... I'm happy where I'm at though.

[Freezer]

Pay is 26.02/hr, health insurance is Blue Cross, 401K is good but no match.  There is also a union retirement plan that goes with you even if you leave (good plan! only employer contributions). 

Can't say much about the moving expenses, but I've heard stories...that's one of those things that seems to be negotiable for the right candidate.  Even at that, I wouldn't expect too much.  Always a chance to move up, maybe not at a particular site, but within the company, they are always happy to promote good people (my opinion). 

   Cost of living...Well I bought a brand new house 3 years ago, 1400 sq/ft, on 2 acres for $145K.  It's gone up lately, but I think it's still affordable.

[MIRCS]

Yulista no longer as the Contractor....or atleast Ralph in charge

[Freezer]

   Yulista is still the contractor, and Ralph is still the Technical Manager at the PMO level.  I don't know what his *actual* title is.

There were some...let's call them "growing pains" in the beginning, but most of that has been smoothed out.  All in all not a bad company to work for.

[MIRCS]

Oh believe me I have worked for em........and I like Ralph....I am not at all fond of Bill

[Freezer]

First, let me say "I understand".  There are two factors that I would consider (unless you have some personal bad blood with him).
1.  You really do get insulated from most of what happens at the PMO by your site manager, Lead Tech, and PQA.  Ours is a great filter, but don't tell him I said that.
2.  He has changed since the beginning of this contract (or I have).  I think he honestly has the interests of the employees in mind.  I don't want to sound like I'm naming any of my kids after him, but as bosses you rarely hear from go, there are plenty worse out there, remember Bob Renner? 

[Freezer]

... A PMEL has to be a team. Period.

You said it InLikeFlynn!