thegreypilgrim
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I am quite interested in this firm, however I am equally suspicious of them. It's one of those things that sounds too good to be true. This is a company that lists medical planning and emergency medical response as among its services, hires paramedics, offers an opportunity for exotic travel, rather generous compensation, and some exciting "non-traditional" EMS experience.
The scheduling seems rather unique as well in that they offer what they refer to as "locum" positions (consisting of 3-8 week deployments) or "permanent rotational positions (4-12 paid weeks on, 4-12 paid weeks off) in both on-shore and off-shore contexts.
Like I said, it sounds rather enticing. I'm a bit leery of this though. It's a for-profit firm...operating in mainly third world regions. I'm guessing there can be potential for serious ethical dilemmas here...I'm imagining wealthy western expatriates (the employees/personnel of the large companies contracting IOSS's services) having access to these services while the locals continue to toil in their poverty next door. I can also foresee disaster/evacuation type scenarios where, once again, it will be the "clients" who receive any and all aid.
Maybe I just have an entirely over-active imagination, but I still think these are valid concerns. There isn't much information circulating around the web on this company (other than what's on their official website) and I imagine there are reasons for this. Does anyone know anything about them though? Are they similar to other sketchy international security/medical/disaster planning firms like Blackwater or KBR? Or are they pretty legit as far its operations are concerned?
The scheduling seems rather unique as well in that they offer what they refer to as "locum" positions (consisting of 3-8 week deployments) or "permanent rotational positions (4-12 paid weeks on, 4-12 paid weeks off) in both on-shore and off-shore contexts.
Like I said, it sounds rather enticing. I'm a bit leery of this though. It's a for-profit firm...operating in mainly third world regions. I'm guessing there can be potential for serious ethical dilemmas here...I'm imagining wealthy western expatriates (the employees/personnel of the large companies contracting IOSS's services) having access to these services while the locals continue to toil in their poverty next door. I can also foresee disaster/evacuation type scenarios where, once again, it will be the "clients" who receive any and all aid.
Maybe I just have an entirely over-active imagination, but I still think these are valid concerns. There isn't much information circulating around the web on this company (other than what's on their official website) and I imagine there are reasons for this. Does anyone know anything about them though? Are they similar to other sketchy international security/medical/disaster planning firms like Blackwater or KBR? Or are they pretty legit as far its operations are concerned?