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Posted on April 17 at 12:17 p.m.

oh just to tell everyone OCI / BLACK & VEATCH tried to hire ( three ) locals & guess what they couldn't YES I said couldn't even pass the REQUIRED drug test that was today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Cutting costs or making jobs?

Posted on April 14 at 12:56 p.m.

OH YEAH YA GRIP ABOUT FOREIGNERS BEING IN THE UNITED STATES!!! WHO MIGHT YOU HAVE TO THANK FOR THAT? AND GUESS WHAT THEY ARE PEOPLE TO! TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK BESIDE ONE THAT THAT FOREIGNER HAS NOT BEEN HELPING YOU THROUGH THE DAY W/ YOUR JOB OR JUST IN LENDING YOU A HAND AND YOU ACCEPTED THEIR HELP THEY WERENT BAD AT THAT TIME OF NEED WAS THEY? BUT NOW ITS A ISSUE. LETS MEET REALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET'S NOT LET (DISGRUNTEL) MAKE BAD HEADLINES. IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR ALL TO TALK ABOUT & ASSUME WHAT IS REALLY TAKING PLACE. WAIT IT OUT THE WASH WILL BE DONE & OCI,BV,& WESTAR ENERGY WILL STOP THIS SPIN CYCLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Illegal workers?

Posted on April 14 at 12:39 p.m.

IT IS SO VERY NICE TO SEE SOMEONE FINALLY OPEN THEIR EYES TO WHAT OCI,BV,& WESTAR ENERGY HAS BROUGHT TO THIS AREA FOR ALL PEOPLE ELIGIBLE TO BE INVOLVED IN. GOOD JOBS: W/WILLING TO PASS A PRE- EMPLOYMENT DRUG SCREEN, TO PASS RANDOM DRUG SCREENING TO MAIN A SAFE WORKING ENVIROMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES THAT CAN BE AFFECTED BY SOMEONE WHO IS NEGATIVE AND TRYING TO PERFORM A VERY DANGEROUS JOB THAT REQUIRES YOU TO BE FULLY INTACT MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, & THAT YOUR REFLEXES BE READY FOR ANYTHING. ALCOHOL, DRUGS THAT IMPAIR YOU TO DRIVE THEY IMPAIR YOU TO DO YOUR JOB TO!!!!!!! AND LOOK @ WHAT THE LAW DOES TO DRUNK DRIVERS NO DIFFERENCE & WHAT IT DOES TO PEOPLE KILLS, HANDI-CAPS, HURTS PERIOD HELLO. SO I SAY YOU NEED TO GET ON OCI'S WEBSITE OR KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKN ABOUT TOTALLY BEFORE YOU SPEAK OUT. THAY HAVE VERY HIGH SAFETY STANDARDS. THEY DID LOOSE 40 PEOPLE YEP & THEM 40 PEOPLE WAS IN FEBRUARY I THINK THAT 30 OR SO TESTED POSITIVE & 10 WALKED OFF THE JOB BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T PASS THE UA. PEOPLE SHOULDN'T STIR THINGS UP WHEN THEY LOST THEIR JOB OR WALKED OFF OF IT FOR REASONS THATS @ THEIR OWN EXPENSE. GET SMART DO YOUR PART YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE HIRED TO A DO A JOB AND WHAT THE POLICIES& PROCEDURES OF OCI,BV,& WESTAR ENERGY WAS UPON BECOMING APART OF THEIR TEAM. SO THIS IS WHAT IT USUALLY BREAKS DOWN TO: CAN'T PASS A UA, CAN'T MAKE IT TO WORK ON TIME, CAN'T FULLFILL ATTENDANCE RULES, WAS NOT AS QUALIFIED FOR JOB AS YOU REPRESENTED YOURSELF TO BE, LAZY ON THE JOB, TAKING EXTENDED BREAKS, NOT STAYING BUSY, UNABLE TO TAKE INSTRUCTIONS FROM LEAD PEOPLE, & LAST BUT NOT LEAST (THE GOVERMENT HAS MADE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SIT @ HOME & DO THEIR DRUGS, DRINK & LIVE OFF OCI,BV, & WESTAR ENERGY EMPLOYEES. WHERE DO YOU THINK WELFARE COMES FROM & WHY TAXES ARE OUT RAGES. YEP THE TAX PAYER GETS THE BUTT END OF THAT DEAL TO. THESE PEOPLE AMERICANS OR FOREIGNERS THAT ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED @ THE WESTAR ENERGY PLANT @ THIS TIME THEIR END IN EMPLOYMENT WAS ON THEM FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE REASONS LISTED ABOVE. AMERICANS DONT WANT TO WORK ITS TO EASY TO GET THE GOVERMENT TO SUPPORT YOU ANYMORE. AND AS TO ILLEGAL WORKERS I DONT KNOW BUT AS I SAID AMERICANS DONT WANT TO WORK BECAUSE THE GOV. DOESN'T ENFORCE IT THEY GIVE IT TO YOU. SO WESTAR HAS PHILLIPINOS BIG DEAL HOW MANY OF ARE QUALIFIED TO DO THE JOB THEY WERE DOING & HOW MANY OF YOU THAT ARE COMPLAINING APPLIED FOR IT? DONT CRITIZE WHAT YOU DONT NO JACK ABOUT & DONT GO OFF ALWAYS WHAT THE PAPER SAYS OR OTHERS. GET THE FACTS 1ST OR ATLEAST KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON SOME HAVE SOME INSIDE INFO. BEFORE YOU START BASHING. PEOPLE THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL WHEN IN DOUBT THEY REALLY KNOW NOTHING @ ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Illegal workers?

Posted on April 14 at 10:43 a.m.

SOUNDS LIKE OCI/BV ARE DOING THEIR PART&THEIR BEST TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO CLEAR UP THIS MESS! SOUNDS LIKE ISC SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR (NOT) DOING THEIR PART TO ENSURE THAT THESE PHILLIPINES MET ANY & ALL REQUIREMENTS TO WORK ON THE WESTAR ENERGY JOB SITE. I ALSO THOUGHT THAT I READ THAT IN THE FIRST ARTICLE THAT WESTAR ENERGY DONE THE FINAL LAST APPROVAL ON THIS TYPE OF HIRING IN SINCE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ITS CRUCIAL TO ASSURE ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET W/ THE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. I MAYBE MISTAKEN BUT I THOUGHT IT READ SOMETHING TO THAT FACT. AMERICAN WORK AVAILIBILITY IS SCARCE BUT (WHO) MADE IT THAT WAY. LOOK @ IF YOU REMOVED ALL FOREIGNERS HOW MANY JOBS WOULD THAT OPEN UP TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT YET THE GOVERMENT IS TRIPPING OVER THIS WHEN THEY ALLOWED THEM TO WORK IN THIS COUNTRY! LIKE I EXCLAIMED IN OTHER COMMENT IT APPEARS TO BE A MONEY THING. ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOVERMENT. NOT WHATS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE ITS THAT WE MISSED THEM $$$$$$$$'S OUT OF OCI/BV'S POCKET I WISH ALOT OF OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED AS MUCH AS THIS HAS BEEN. IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS THE ISSUE @ HAND NOT WHAT WAS OR WAS NOT FOLLOWED BY LAW! AND TO AS LETTING THE PHILLIPINE WORKERS GO BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE @ HAND IS NOT TRUE I WOULDNT THINK SEEINGS HOW THEY ARE DOING A LAY OFF IRREGUARDLESS OF FROM WHERE YOU CAME FROM OCI/BV HAS LOWERED THEIR NEEDS FOR MANPOWER SINCE THEY ARE @ A POINT IN THEIR JOB THAT NOT AS MANY EMPLOYEES ARE NEEDED @ THIS TIME. I WOULD SAY LETS FOCUS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE RATHER THAN THINGS THAT THEIR IMPORTANCE ARE MUTE TO OTHER ISSUES GOING ON AROUND US!!! ILLEGALS ARE NOT GOOD BUT THESE GUYS & OR GALS WERE NOT ILLEGAL. THE LEGALITIES THAT IS SET UPON US IS ENORMOUS. ALSO WHEN WILL WE SEE SOME GOOD REPORE ABOUT OCI/BV YA KNOW THEY HAVE PROVIDED JOBS FOR ALOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT PEOPLE HAVE NO WILLINGNESS, NOR MOTIVATION TO WORK. ONE BECAUSE THE GOVERMENT HAS MADE IT ENTIRELY TO EASY TO NOT! THIS JOB SOUNDS TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO LEARN & SUCCEED TO PURSUE A BETTER WAY OF LIFE PEOPLE NEED TO UTILIZE THIS. IT GIVES GREAT KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW MOST ALL THE RIGHT TO BE EMPLOYED BY SUCH A GREAT COMPANY ALL PLACES HAVE FLAS AS SUCH AS ALL PEOPLE DO!!!!!!!!!!

On Black & Veatch: Workers weren't pre-approved

Posted on April 14 at 10 a.m.

BLACK & VEATCH / OVERLAND CONTRACTING INC. HAS EMPLOYED ALOT OF PEOPLE THEIR TURN OVER HAS BEEN ENORMOUS. IF WE WAS TO COUNT BY AMERICANS & FOREIGNERS PURSAE. THE FOREIGNERS FAR MORE LED TO WANT TO WORK & HAVE A DEDICATION TO FULLFILL WHAT THIS COMPANY NEEDS ARE. ON THE OTHER HAND MOST AMERICANS & ITS SAD TO SAY JUST WANT A HAND OUT BECAUSE THATS WHAT OUR GOVERMENT HAS SET UP FOR THEM. LIVE (FREE) ON THE TAX PAYERS MONEY. AND IF THESE WORKERS WERE LEGAL TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES THEN WHY WOULD THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN (VISA) TO WORK @ THE WESTAR ENERGY PLANT? I FULLY BELIEVE THAT WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN 1ST BUT THE GOVERMENT DONE THIS BY ALLOWING ANY & ALL TO COME INTO THE UNITED STATES. I FIND IT TO BE A MONEY SCAM TOWARDS OCI/BV & SOMETHING FOR THE NEWSPAPER TO WRITE. I ALSO SEE THAT THE EMPORIA GAZETTE DID NOT COME UPON THIS STORY ON THEIR OWN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEM BY SOMEONE WHO MAY OF BEEN LET GO W/ THIS COMPANY. WHICH I THINK IS WRONG. EXAMPLE BEING? OCI'S SAFETY IS 1ST ON ANY JOB & ALL EMPLOYERS SHOULD HAVE THIS WAY OF THINKING & DOING BUSINESS BUT BACK A BIT AGO THEY CONDUCTED A JOB WIDE DRUG TESTING & THEY MADE THE PAPER FOR THAT. IF I WORKED FOR THIS COMPANY I WOULD COMMEND THEM FOR CAREING ABOUT MY SAFETY TO NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE MY WORK ENVIROMENT UNSAFE & ALOT OF PEOPLE JUST LEFT THE JOB BECAUSE KNOWING THEY COULDN'T PASS THE DRUG SCREEN & OTHERS COULDN'T PASS THE ACTUAL TESTING. WHY WOULD THIS BE WRONG TO ENSURE ALL EMPLOYED'S SAFETY. TO GET THIS JOB IT REQUIRES A DRUG SCREEN & IS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DRUG USE ON OR OFF THE JOB! THIS IS MY EXAMPLE THAT PEOPLE WRITE OR SAY THINGS THAT JUST GET THINGS STIRRED UP FOR OTHERS. IM NOT DOGGING ANYONE BUT GIVE OCI/BV A BREAK THEY ARE TRYING TO DO A JOB, SAFELY & EFFICIENTLY. JUST TO SAY IT MUST BE A GLITCH ON SOMEONE ELSES PART BECAUSE IF YOU KNEW MORE ABOUT THIS COMPANY YOU WOULD KNOW HOW THEY OPERATE FULLY& HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR POLICIES & PROCEDURES!

On Black & Veatch: Workers weren't pre-approved

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