Received the following information through email today from someone at NCSU... seems like a great opportunity for some of you to make lots of cash this summer.

From the email:
"I just cannot help but think about all of the college students finishing exams this week or next and looking for work. I think this would be one heck of an opportunity for any of them willing to travel, work hard, and work potentially very long hours day &/or night. Since they may be working anywhere from 50 to 100 hours/week, their gross pay each week could range between $700 and $1,700."

The attached flier:

Quote :

"SUMMER HELP WANTED TEMPORARY WORKERS FOR GULF COAST OIL SPILL NEEDED IMMEDIATELY Shamrock Environmental Corporation (Shamrock) has been contracted to provide support personnel to assist with the oil spill clean-up throughout the Gulf Coast. Areas where work may be performed are Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. All workers will require OSHA 40 hour Hazardous Waste Operator Training (WE WILL PROVIDE). Successful completion of a physical and drug screen also required. Each applicant must be 18 years of age or older. The hours will vary but expect LOTS of overtime. RATE OF PAY: $13.00/hour straight time, $19.50/hour overtime (after 40 hours/week) PER DIEM: $26.00/day for meals LODGING: Provided Work may include, but is not limited to, manual labor associated with removing crude oil from impacted beaches, rocks, boom, or any other items that have come in contact with the oil. Technicians may be required to operate pressure washers, mops, rakes, shovels or a variety of other hand tools or small pieces of equipment while wearing proper protective gear. Work Environment may include working on or near water, in marshland, beach and estuary locations in hot and humid conditions day or night. Work is available IMMEDIATELY for safety conscious workers. Transportation to the Gulf Coast will be provided. The HR Group has been contracted to conduct this recruitment. Applications MUST be completed at http://shamrockenviro.iapplicants.com. NO PHONE CALLS."

5/10/2010 12:00:12 PM

4 years ago I spent the summer in Kodiak, AK commercial salmon fishing. There was a lot of time to tell and listen to stories when we weren't fishing. One you heard a lot about was when the Exxon Valdez went down. It pretty much ruined fishing up there for a few years. Anyway, Exxon was paying for the entire oil cleanup effort. They paid the fishermen $20.00/hr to cleanup oil. A lot of them put down that they worked 24 hours a day. Exxon said nothing and paid them.

5/10/2010 12:14:31 PM

404 not found...

5/10/2010 2:00:50 PM

^ hmmm... I don't know what's going on... try again later I guess?

5/10/2010 2:02:06 PM

It would be awesome if I could take a leave of absence from my job to do this.

[Edited on May 10, 2010 at 2:11 PM. Reason : words]

5/10/2010 2:11:07 PM

link worked for me. I wish i could take advantage of this...would love to help out...and the money isnt bad.

5/10/2010 2:47:13 PM

Quote :

"It would be awesome if I could take a leave of absence from my job to do this."

5/10/2010 3:06:57 PM

are you kidding me? i'd do this shit in a heartbeat

5/10/2010 8:21:49 PM

i'd do this shit if the link worked

5/10/2010 8:23:40 PM

Link works for me. This one is better though:
http://shamrockenviro.iapplicants.com./ViewJob-78909.html

5/10/2010 8:45:35 PM

the LINK works, the APPLICATION does not

or are people getting the application to work?

5/10/2010 8:59:45 PM

they really dont like people who smoke weed..lol

5/10/2010 9:27:50 PM

yeah, not working here either

5/10/2010 9:31:41 PM

My husband is leading crews down there. Supervisor for the company that contracted Shamrock. They're estimating needing 1000-1500+ people down there on the shore. The odds are that they will be 40+ weeks.

You can send me a pm if you're seriously interested in this and I can get you in touch with the company. I don't have a lot of details as I can barely get him on the phone.

Email opportunities@hepaco.com

[Edited on May 10, 2010 at 10:21 PM. Reason : email]

5/10/2010 10:10:58 PM

the application isn't working for me either... if you're really interested, you can contact this lady:

Michele Carrera Anderson
Customer Service Representative
Shamrock Environmental Corporation
Toll-free: 800-881-1098
Direct: 336-478-1231
FAX: 336-282-2499

5/10/2010 10:27:52 PM

lol well after answering about 10 pages of questions on stealing and marijuana i get this cryptic message, so i guess just hang back and wait to see what happens

Scheduled By: Moff, David (Shamrock Environmental)
Assessment: SOS
Status: C

5/10/2010 10:28:10 PM

I'mma be a spillionaire.

5/10/2010 10:44:42 PM

I'd do this, but I have a feeling like having asthma would complicate my eligibility as a hard laborer in a chemical spill. Otherwise I'm in a good position to do this--I'm working part-time this summer anyway, and I don't have anything to do besides work and write stories... would be a cool experience.

I don't have a lot of faith in my value to this operation, though.

[Edited on May 10, 2010 at 10:45 PM. Reason : d]

5/10/2010 10:44:59 PM

I'd do this if it was $130.00 per hour, amirite???

5/10/2010 10:56:11 PM

anybody want to do this? we can all go in on a summer rental house. make it real cheap and fun

5/11/2010 12:33:41 AM

...but lodging is provided.

Wouldn't that be like "Nah, I'd rather waste the money."

EDIT: Uh, nevermind, that said transportation.


The idea of a collective TWW effort and off-time party house would be cool.

[Edited on May 11, 2010 at 12:35 AM. Reason : d]

5/11/2010 12:34:31 AM

Quote :

"RATE OF PAY: $13.00 per hour straight time OVERTIME: $19.50 per hour (after 40 hours/week) PER DIEM: $26.00 per day for meals LODGING: PROVIDED "

granted it will be a cheap motel/hotel. ive come across a few guys who lived out of hotels for months doing these types of jobs. getting a house would be cool but then you're just throwing away money and you're already away from home (if you're dating/married)

5/11/2010 12:40:01 AM

This would be cool as shit to do

5/11/2010 3:36:51 AM

I would totally do this if I didn't have obligations already...

5/11/2010 4:17:53 AM

Quote :

"we can all go in on a summer rental house. make it real cheap and fun"

the only problem with this is you'll probably not be in the same place for long enough. they are likely going to move you around in several states, wherever you're needed that day/week/month.

5/11/2010 6:25:54 AM

got a call from a 336 number this morning at 8am but noone left a message, i dont know any 336 people so i wonder if they really took that fast of a look

LOL nvm, i called back the number and it screeched so i looked it up and its US House Rep Brad Miller's Greensboro Office Fax, wtf

[Edited on May 11, 2010 at 9:52 AM. Reason : lol]

5/11/2010 9:47:00 AM

Quote :

"The positions to help with clean-up for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is currently on-hold. Please come back to this site in the coming weeks to see if it has been reposted. Please do not apply at this time."

[Edited on May 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM. Reason : ]

5/11/2010 10:59:37 AM

Damn.

Well I guess that settles the issue for now.

5/11/2010 12:01:37 PM

Quote :

"epic recession employment"

5/13/2010 9:48:01 AM

Quote :

" Thank you for your interest in working with Shamrock Environmental Corporation. Due to an overwhelming response and changes in our customers' needs, we are no longer accepting applications or phone calls for the Gulf Coast Environmental Clean-Up Technicians. If our needs should change, we will immediately update this site."

dammit =(

5/13/2010 6:40:14 PM

hubby says they're still looking for people. crews are gonna be sent all around the gulf. Right now they're just collecting materials, training people, keeping people on standby. He's worked 96 & 92 hours the past two weeks.

[Edited on May 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM. Reason : Email opportunities@hepaco.com ]

5/13/2010 9:32:45 PM

i just spoke to michelle from the company and she said they've already met their quota for applications and arent looking for anyone new

5/14/2010 12:45:29 PM

I read that oil cleanup has a bunch of potential health risks.

5/14/2010 6:25:23 PM

meh, just don't drink it.

5/15/2010 12:34:52 PM

I would love to help out with this for the summer and even into fall... I'll be living just a few miles from the coastline near the FL/AL border. Maybe I will be able to find some way to help when I get there...

5/15/2010 5:45:33 PM

nm

[Edited on May 15, 2010 at 6:07 PM. Reason : nm]

5/15/2010 6:07:24 PM

i still want to do this

6/7/2010 7:09:59 AM

I applied but it said they were no longer accepting applications from this area.

6/7/2010 8:09:39 AM

Theres an oil spill?????

6/7/2010 7:41:44 PM

I could so do this.

6/8/2010 5:32:34 PM

BP will be bankrupt before the end of the year...

6/9/2010 12:46:30 AM

I just received a message from a representative of this Shamrock Environmental Corporation, saying that new laws have been passed that allow the cleanup companies involved to only hire folks who reside in the affected states. so anybody interested should keep that in mind before they apply

6/9/2010 9:50:59 AM

I guess NC folks just have to wait a little longer for the oil to wash up on our beaches then.

6/9/2010 9:57:12 AM

$13 per hour before overtime is NOT EVEN CLOSE to good pay for disaster relief/temporary type work.

[Edited on June 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM. Reason : ,,]

6/11/2010 11:38:48 AM

the DOT is hiring and the larger divisions have travel opportunities and the per diem is better. look into roadway or bridge maintenance for low-skill labor that pays better. i do something completely different, but i've met guys who do that stuff and the pay is better than this relief work and if you are near the coast you'll get plenty of overtime during hurricane season.



[Edited on June 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM. Reason : ,]

6/11/2010 12:11:27 PM

Clearly the pay is fine, or otherwise, they wouldn't have exceeded their quota in a few days. It's called supply and demand.

6/12/2010 10:28:18 AM

Welcome to Shamrock Environmental

Thank you for your interest in working with Shamrock Environmental Corporation.

Due to an overwhelming response and changes in our customers' needs, we are no longer accepting applications or phone calls for the Gulf Coast Environmental Clean-Up Technicians.

If our needs should change, we will immediately update this site. Please enter your email address in the box below and you will be notified when a new position is posted.

6/14/2010 10:26:58 AM

I've done disaster relief work for a contractor in the wake of Hurricane Ike in Texas. 10 hour days and the pay was $350 per day. This was for driving a pickup truck laden with fuel keeping generators running over about a 3 county area.

$13 per hour, or even $19 is not good pay for disaster relief work several states away from home.

6/14/2010 11:18:15 AM