# Chouest is laying off. Looking for new job **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime Employment\ **Created:** [June 24, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952 "2015-06-24T14:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hazegrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ebca7d/32.png) [@Hazegrey](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hazegrey)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/21 "2015-06-26T10:43:00Z")
Word is Chouest cut all AB pay to $195 a day company wide ---
**Author:** ![Boating\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Boating\_Guy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Boating_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/22 "2015-06-26T12:18:51Z")
I am going back to work next week and I have not heard anything yet. I have called a few friends that work at Chouest too and they have not heard anything either? Maybe this is one division only? ---
**Author:** ![ericd1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@ericd1970](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ericd1970)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/23 "2015-06-26T12:32:02Z")
Nope, across the board. We just passed the word on to all our guys today. ---
**Author:** ![Fla-cracker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@Fla-cracker](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Fla-cracker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/24 "2015-06-26T12:38:38Z")
What about the bridge and engine room? Pay cuts as well? ---
**Author:** ![That\_One\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@That\_One\_Guy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/That_One_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/25 "2015-06-26T12:56:52Z")
Layoffs seem to be across all divisions. There have not been any pay cuts. Yet… ---
**Author:** ![edso84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e56c9b/32.png) [@edso84](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/edso84)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/26 "2015-06-26T13:27:56Z")
Heard the same over here. Engineers that dont hold a watch, but work as extras, get QMED money. ---
**Author:** ![Fla-cracker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@Fla-cracker](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Fla-cracker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/27 "2015-06-26T14:24:07Z")
[QUOTE=That One Guy;164503]Layoffs seem to be across all divisions. There have not been any pay cuts. Yet…[/QUOTE] Pay cuts for mates down to $550.00 a day. Master, relief, and chief mates unaffected. This is coming from the master who got the info from the coordinator. Even time for everyone on the boat. ---
**Author:** ![Fla-cracker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@Fla-cracker](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Fla-cracker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/28 "2015-06-26T14:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=Fla-cracker;164507]Pay cuts for mates down to $550.00 a day. Master, relief, and chief mates unaffected. This is coming from the master who got the info from the coordinator. Even time for everyone on the boat.[/QUOTE] It just got worse. My coordinator called me just now. We are going to $515 a day. Fleetwide. ---
**Author:** ![Traitor\_Yankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/traitor_yankee/32/876_2.png) [@Traitor\_Yankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Traitor_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/29 "2015-06-26T14:47:06Z")
> [@"Fla-cracker"](#): > > It just got worse. My coordinator called me just now. We are going to $515 a day. Fleetwide. For mates that don’t have to do a damn thing that’s great pay ---
**Author:** ![Shore\_Power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@Shore\_Power](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Shore_Power)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/30 "2015-06-26T15:06:37Z")
> [@"Bayou"](#): > > I cannot ever recall ECO laying off. I’ve witnessed them terminating those in dire need of being terminated when things have gotten slow in the past, but never mass layoffs like those common with Tidewater, Hornbeck etc. Then again, I cannot ever recall ECO having 30+ boats off charter either. ECO has in the past been immune to oil industry downturns, and is why layoffs are so uncommon. But with 700+ extra personel now floating around, terminations are inevitable. - - - Updated - - - Oh no, it’s true. From what I gather, all of the northern academy folks will be the first to get axed. From what you gather the northern academy folks will be the first to get axed? Ignorance at its finest right there. ---
**Author:** ![Hawespiper5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/hawespiper5/32/37029_2.png) [@Hawespiper5](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Hawespiper5)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/31 "2015-06-26T15:35:46Z")
[QUOTE=Fla-cracker;164507]Pay cuts for mates down to $550.00 a day. Master, relief, and chief mates unaffected. This is coming from the master who got the info from the coordinator. Even time for everyone on the boat.[/QUOTE] That must be for stacked Captains that don’t have their own watch. I was a mate and even before they cut my pay I wasn"t makin that much. ---
**Author:** ![DirtyRodriguez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@DirtyRodriguez](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DirtyRodriguez)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/32 "2015-06-26T18:26:34Z")
> [@"Mik"](#): > > So I got a text message today from my coordinator saying that due to the downturn in the economy that chouest is doing lay-offs and that unfortunately I am being terminated. Now the part that annoys me is that I have worked with chouest for 3 years and I get laid off by text. Wow, don’t even get the courtesy of a phone call. So, I have applied to all the companies I could find or that I know of, and I was wondering if anyone might know of any companies that aren’t so mainstream that would possibly hire a 1600 ton/3000itc mate near coastal with basic dp? I heard that close to 45 vessels are being laid up. Any word from inside the ECO war room? ---
**Author:** ![MassCap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@MassCap](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/MassCap)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/33 "2015-06-26T21:38:22Z")
AB’s are being cut to $250/day. Engineer who don’t hold a watch are being cut to QMED pay and the 4 guys in the bridge and engine room that hold a watch are unaffected. Straight from my coordinators mouth. ---
**Author:** ![50thState](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/a6a055/32.png) [@50thState](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/50thState)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/34 "2015-06-27T05:59:01Z")
[QUOTE=Fla-cracker;164507]Pay cuts for mates down to $550.00 a day. Master, relief, and chief mates unaffected. This is coming from the master who got the info from the coordinator. Even time for everyone on the boat.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Hawespiper5;164512]That must be for stacked Captains that don’t have their own watch. I was a mate and even before they cut my pay I wasn"t makin that much.[/QUOTE] My favorite part about reading threads about pay down in the gulf. Either every single person gets paid differently for doing the same job, or half of you lie about your wage and the rest are honest. Fun to read. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/35 "2015-06-27T08:23:51Z")
But I am sure there are the guys who give a good sloppy blowjob not having their pay or schedule affected. There is no way Missah Gary is going to fuck with his most treasured mens’ pay. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/36 "2015-07-25T11:21:40Z")
[QUOTE=Hawespiper5;164512]That must be for stacked Captains that don’t have their own watch.[/QUOTE] Then they’re mates. Holding a master’s license doesn’t make one a captain, everyone except the master of the vessel is a _mate_. These supply boat companies are the only place I know that pays you captain pay for riding as a training mate just because you hold a master’s license. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Capt\_Lee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Lee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/37 "2015-07-25T19:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=z-drive;164540]But I am sure there are the guys who give a good sloppy blowjob not having their pay or schedule affected. There is no way Missah Gary is going to fuck with his most treasured mens’ pay.[/QUOTE] I recently heard of a long time ECO employee that wanted to talk some extra money because of an endorsement he held to cover the COI. I heard that the manager told him he would have an answer for him about the money that same afternoon. The carry all showed up and escorted him straight to the airport. I never thought much of this fellow, but he had been with the company more than 20 years. Blowjob skills mean nothing right now, especially when the people giving them are lined around the block and they are starving. They want people that are going to do their job and not cause any trouble. - - - Updated - - - [QUOTE=Capt. Phoenix;166161]Then they’re mates. Holding a master’s license doesn’t make one a captain, everyone except the master of the vessel is a _mate_. These supply boat companies are the only place I know that pays you captain pay for riding as a training mate just because you hold a master’s license.[/QUOTE] It is just a different world. I wouldn´t waste much time trying to wrap my head around it. I did the same crap when I was on those boats. I just was never exposed to the unlimited scheme over an entire vessel. Rarely do you see a vessel full of unlimited Masters filling every single level on the COI or minimum manning document unlike the supply boats where it is not uncommon for every level to be filled with a master of the same level. After being exposed to it a bit now it is not a big deal. But then again I am the captain and on a working vessel there is only one king ding-a-ling. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/38 "2015-07-25T21:40:07Z")
[QUOTE=Capt. Lee;166171]I recently heard of a long time ECO employee that wanted to talk some extra money because of an endorsement he held to cover the COI.[/QUOTE] I wonder what endorsement he had that he thought was so special. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Capt\_Lee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Lee)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/39 "2015-07-26T04:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=Capt. Phoenix;166181]I wonder what endorsement he had that he thought was so special.[/QUOTE] I know what it was but if I said it would identify him. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952/40 "2017-04-08T22:43:51Z")
> [@Capt\_Lee](#): > > Rarely do you see a vessel full of unlimited Masters filling every single level on the COI or minimum manning document unlike the supply boats where it is not uncommon for every level to be filled with a master of the same level. That’s because on unlimited ships you need to sail as a chief mate to get a Master license. I expect it would be rare to see a big surplus of unlimited masters onboard because the license pipeline has a choke point. It’s so easy getting a 1600 ton master that is possible to have one and be a barely competent watch stander. One year of time as mate doesn’t mean much, especially if it’s a lot of dock/DP time and also especially if you are the second guy on a two person bridge team. (Technically most of these guys getting time as “mate” is a lie, there can only be _one_ OICNW on watch at a time so the second guy isn’t actually even the mate on watch.) [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/chouest-is-laying-off-looking-for-new-job/14952.md?page=3)