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I'm sure everyone has that number, but this story makes no sense to me. They offered a 25% increase, to "GO TO AFGHANISTAN". Moral questions aside, that is a
by ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
I'm sure everyone has that number, but this story makes no sense to me.
They offered a 25% increase, to "GO TO AFGHANISTAN". Moral questions aside, that is a normal job to job bonus. Not a sell your soul bonus.
You can make 100k a year in Food Service, working at Taco Bell on base in Afganistan. The risk isn't great, but it is a real and present danger when you work in a war zone on a base that might be attacked.
It seems like a 250% increase would be required to get anyone to move.
- Retric 8y agoThe 25% was just base salary. It's TS/SCI clearance, and travel to Afghanistan with hazard pay. So, while in Afghanistan they could be making 2x as much or more.
- busterarm 8y agoTS/SCI is the employment gift that keeps on giving if you ever get it.
- presidentender 8y agoI did get a TS/SCI later, but I've long since let it lapse, and I'm back in the private sector.
- presidentender 8y agoMost of the gig would've been on-site at the same Army base where I was already working. Time spent overseas would've been at an astronomical rate, albeit one I don't specifically recall.
- walshemj 8y agoThat's very low for the risk in the 80's I used to work for Dar Al Handasha (one of the big 5 consulting engineers) we had whole list of countries and the extra hazard pay rate Angola was 80% Unfortunately as the US charges tax on world wide income you cant avoid tax. There was no EHP for head office in Beruit as the civil war was raging.