tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post1912212874035917127..comments2024-01-12T07:25:33.861-08:00Comments on Bakersfield Observed: Bakersfield's oil patch and Chevron's huge footprint producing black goldRichardBeenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542559942096218256noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-85505916339202168692010-12-06T14:27:13.718-08:002010-12-06T14:27:13.718-08:00Lets try Bakersfield without Chevron and see how t...Lets try Bakersfield without Chevron and see how that works. My guess is Chevron's prescence in Baco over time will alway be a net positive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-17263446688069521062009-12-15T11:24:22.925-08:002009-12-15T11:24:22.925-08:00But wehre does the $$ spent on contractors end up?...But wehre does the $$ spent on contractors end up? <br />Neighbors, based out o TX. <br />Veiola Water...international.<br />U.S.Computers, based out of LA, (Louisiana)<br />KSI, Bako and WY. sub's their labor through Continental staffing.<br /><br />Chevron sheds responsibility for accidents by hiring contractors. ex: A spill... no matter what happens, it isn't Chevron that had the spill, it is a 'contractor not following procedure' and that fault could go back to someone not wearing steel-toe boots. What someone would have been paid as a oil field worker 20 years ago now has 4 or 5 fingers in the mix, General contractor, sub contractor, managing contractor and the hiring contractor.. So when Chevron say's they pay $200 per hour for oil filed workers.. slice that in half each time it go's down the ladder.. So the $200 an hour worker Chevron expects is nothing more than a $10.00 an hour temp, with no benefits and no job security.<br /><br />The $$ arn't put into the economy, it's just the recycled rhetoric of corporate speak that is recycled.<br /><br />Every time that head pulls the rod up the hole it prints new money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com