When will Todd, Carl and wimpy Sam take pay cuts since everybody else has.

I strongly believe the job market for future mariners in the Gulf Of Mexico is for ever gone. There may be a few contracts which will require vessels throughout the coming years but the larger companies will not survive the enormous loses of having... — read more 

Given the state of our business, do you think that we may start to recover any time soon?

to all that BS I read about we will be just fine, get real, your job and everyone else is in serious jeopardy. You are correct about getting rid of dead wait, but they also got rid of good employee's. Have you noticed that HOS is running adds for new... — read more 

I was a former employee of HOS, even when the industry was clicking away at a fare pace, many employees, including myself, could not understand why their ego ran away trying to prove they could be the CHOICE of the industry. Any employee with... — read more 

I think we'll be purchased within 60 days. The fact is, nobody has money right now - there will be blood

The company is now about 1/3 of what it was employee wise. The first guy to post is gone, along with over half the former mariners. They said in an article all of their 240's, 250's, and 265's are going to be stacked and I think they all are. Loyalty... — read more 

Given the prices of oil, we will not be making any money - prepare for large layoffs in 2015

I think our layoffs in 2011 were the first time in history of Hornbeck. I hear that we might be reorganizing so I would not be surprised if 2014 layoffs were to be the next thing for us.

Do you hire, I heard you may be letting people go