So the contract I have had with ARINC has ended. It has be awarded to a Saudi firm. The Saudi firm has not yet hired any of the Americans. They can’t as they lack a permit from the US State Department.
The last contractor lifted our base passes, so we can’t go to work. So I am at home with a parrot.
If the new firm doesn’t get their stuff together in the next week or two I will have to sell my car and fly out of here. The parrot has to stay.
I would call someone to complain, but what good would that do? We are all just waiting for someone to call and get this fixed.
I know your pain - I just spent two weeks looking for a new job after my manager told me that a renewal was requested but not forthcoming from the parent company. He was pissed, I was philosophical, my wife was worried - I didn’t tell my bank manager.
I get an assurance on Thursday that I will get a renewal, but I may have to work a few days on trust. So here I am at work on Saturday :smack:
I sympathize. Yesterday was my last day on the job, too, and I don’t know what’s going to happen next. Like you, I was a contractor; unlike you, my assignment ended because of some unfortunate and probably Pittable circumstances.
A few years ago, I was out of work for seven months. The boredom was at least as bad as the money worries.
Good luck to you, your fellow contractors, and the parrot!
I have been in Saudi for Twelve years. A long time in the US before that. Five or more years in Panama before that.
If worse comes to worse, I will sell the car, fly out and start again when the new school year begins, or sooner. I know everyone in this business by now.
