Whether these stories are true or not, it brings to question, will extra precautions or safety measures be put in place for women over there? Anyone know what the male:female ratio is?

Working in Iraq wasn't always an adventure for Linda Lindsey.

"If you wanted to get a promotion you didn't necessarily have to have the qualifications,” remembered Lindsey, a former KBR contractor. “You just needed to be sleeping with the person who was doing the hiring.”

Lindsey spent two and a half years at the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq working for KBR. She coordinated military housing among other responsibilities.

Though she did not know Jamie Leigh Jones, the young KBR contractor who says she was drugged and gang raped by colleagues, Lindsey said Jones’ allegations are not surprising.

“Where I was at and when I was there it was very, very upsetting,” Lindsey recalled.

In a sworn affidavit for the Jones case, Lindsey said: “I saw rampant sexual harassment and discrimination."

“Well, first of all, a boss saying that he hired a woman because she told him that she puts out," she added.

Her affidavit also said: "When anyone would report an incident of abuse or harassment, they would be threatened with a transfer to a more dangerous location."

Lindsey said complaints made it back to KBR's Houston headquarters, but the people causing problems in Iraq were never removed.

That left many women workers, Lindsey said, feeling helpless.

"If something was going wrong, you couldn't really get anything done about it," she said.

KBR told 11 News it does not tolerate sexual harassment and takes the safety of its employees seriously.

But some like Lindsey think the company, even in Iraq, could do more to protect women workers.

Jamie Leigh Jones and a North Carolina woman, who also said she was assaulted by a KBR contractor, will both testify before Congress Wednesday.

KBR told us it has yet to receive an invitation or subpoena to appear.

On a side note, as a form of therapy, we've learned Jamie Leigh Jones is writing a manuscript on her experiences, which could become a book later on.

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bought:It not only goes on in Iraq but every where here in america.Females sleeping with male bosses and males sleeping with female bosses.It been going on since the beginning of time.Its not going to change now.Its not like they are being forced to,they do it because they want to.For what ever reason,be it a better job,more money or any other reason that gets them the advancement they want.

Don't know any answers, but nothing alledged here surprises me in the least!

At the risk of being un-PC, what did she think it would be like? It's a testosterone-rich environment!

Not good, not fair, and not right, but there it is all the same!

Speaking of bosses:How is a boss like a diaper?Always on your azz and full of sh-t.

I haven't heard of any such incidents, but Al Asad is a fairly big base. Of course we get in trouble if we get caught getting any nookie.

bleh i put it up as gossip...

Women that sleep with the boss only get a temporary benefit but end up the ultimate victims of the Peter Principle

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Originally posted by Opfor6:
Women that sleep with the boss only get a temporary benefit but end up the ultimate victims of the Peter Principle

The Peter Principle generally applies to anyone in a hierarchiological structure! In a majority of cases, it's just the inevitable result of climbing the corporate ladder!

One of the reasons I bailed on that whole concept!

To quote Mel Brooks: "It's good to be the King!"

One more reason to boot KBR outta Iraq.........

Sleeping with the Boss is a losing situation for both. I would want to know 100% that the job/promotion I got was one that I earned.

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Originally posted by KJ1110:

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Originally posted by Opfor6:
Women that sleep with the boss only get a temporary benefit but end up the ultimate victims of the Peter Principle

The Peter Principle generally applies to anyone in a hierarchiological structure! In a majority of cases, it's just the inevitable result of climbing the corporate ladder!

One of the reasons I bailed on that whole concept!

To quote Mel Brooks: "It's good to be the King!"

Amen amen.

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Originally posted by Duster6:
Sleeping with the Boss is a losing situation for both. I would want to know 100% that the job/promotion I got was one that I earned.

Define "earned".

I can only personally attest to what I saw first-hand of that firm in Iraq: the boss was of high moral character and would not compromise himself and his authority by illicit relationships. Because he ran a tight ship and would not compromise law or ethics, there were some subordinates who were disloyal, failing to render minimal respect due any supervisor, if one takes the check from the company that appoints the supervisor. Had there been any hanky-panky, the disloyal and low-performing twits would've smugly yapped incessantly about the relationships; nothing was improper. What happened elsewhere, who knows? But exaggeration runs rampant.

It will be interesting to see what the courts discern as fact and decide as judgment.

Will extra precautions and safety measures be put in place for the men? Compromise of position cuts both ways. The only solution I see is for everyone to be tape recorded, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. That should cure the lawsuit problem.................
and any other problems that "pop up".

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