KBR Mechanics Worked As Few As 43 Minutes A Month
Posted in modern warfare on March 26th, 2010Need a lesson on how to make money in a war zone?
Try studying defense contractor KBR, a former unit of Dick Cheney’s Halliburton. The engineering logistics company — whose conflict zone days date to the Vietnam War — won a contract worth $4.6 million to repair military vehicles at a base outside Baghdad. For the job, they employed 144 mechanics.
How many hours do you think they worked?
According to an analysis by Mother Jones, based on a report by a Pentagon Inspector General, the 144 KBR mechanics worked as little as 43 minutes per month, on average.
Even KBR’s internal figures tell a shocking story of military contract waste. The company says that of the workers they had, just 6.6 percent were being used at any given time, on average. KBR said that “worker utilization” rates ranged from a meager 3.97 percent in April 2009 to 9.65 percent in September 2008.
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