which company is better ECO or HORNBECK? thanks!
I haven’t worked for Hornbeck, but ECO has been a dream to work for. Free classes up to 3 rd mate unlimited and dp, at their very own training center. Beautiful facilities, ie. Crew change lounge, training center, etc. Beautiful, state of the art ships, great pay and benefits(in my opinion). They practically beg their ab’s to go take classes to get officer tickets. Thus from what I’ve seen upward mobility is completely in the employees hands. The ability to work in numerous locales overseas( if an officer), in brazil, north sea, Africa, Mexico is very appealing to me. Lastly, it is exciting to work for a company that has such great growth prospects, with so many new builds and interesting projects for the future in the works.
And it’s pretty much the same at Hornbeck. I know ECO has a couple of different styles of boats that Hornbeck does not have like that one going to Alaska and the anchor boats, but it seems like both companies have people that enjoy working there and people that don’t like it. Hornbeck has 16 new builds coming out soon, 300’ and larger with an option of 48 more. They encourage moving up the ladder here as well.
Regardless of your pick it will be what you make of the opportunities you are given.
Couldn’t have been said better.
As Fraqrat said, you’ll have opportunities. I have never worked for HOS for personal reasons. But thats me. I work for ECO and they have been good to me.
Both companies have good things to offer. Both are building so they need people. I dont know about HOS training or if they have a license assistance type program in place. ECO has this. Maybe not the best, but they have something.
But with either company, you go out there and do your job, and are not too much of an asshole, and keep your nose clean, there is room for advancement. Not to mention Unlimited Vessels.
HOS does have an advancement program. It is spaced over the four years it takes to get the sea time. That way you don’t have to jump through hoops right before you test. It is all paid for by the company. The 6000 itc program is there as well and there is no promissory note you have to sign.
[QUOTE=Arvietoy;68182]which company is better ECO or HORNBECK? thanks![/QUOTE]
Either one that will hire you.
What is ECO and how do I apply
How easy is, if hired, to land an even on/off rotation as an officer w/out DP? I understand that I would have to work on the DP training.
I currently work petroleum transport on a month on/off and that’s why I’m working that, the schedule. Would there be a guarantee that one could work even on/off with ECO, Harvey or Hornbeck? I hear a bit of the… “is up to you and your relief”. But if one was to work a total of 6 months, is that cumulative pay competitive of working with one of those three than with what other companies are paying to work 6 months?
“ECO” is short for “Economy” hence the title of the thread “ECO or Hornbeck”. All of these guys are here debating different views about how Hornbeck’s new builds and raises will affect the economy. Some are of the belief that with such huge raises, the taxes on this new income alone may bring the country out of Obama’s debt by 2014. Contact Hornbeck directly to apply. If you would like to use me as a reference just call and ask for Larry. Tell them you are a friend of Bill W. Good luck!
‘ECO’ is an acronym for the company Edison Chouest Offshore.
[QUOTE=Deuce;68523]“ECO” is short for “Economy” hence the title of the thread “ECO or Hornbeck”. All of these guys are here debating different views about how Hornbeck’s new builds and raises will affect the economy. Some are of the belief that with such huge raises, the taxes on this new income alone may bring the country out of Obama’s debt by 2014. Contact Hornbeck directly to apply. If you would like to use me as a reference just call and ask for Larry. Tell them you are a friend of Bill W. Good luck![/QUOTE]
“Economy”? How about “Ecology”? Friend of Bill W.? That’s code for Alcoholics Annonymous! Or maybe your post was ment to be sarcastic? Haha…(ECO=Edison Chouest Offshore)