Any civilian contractors in afghan, non military.

[Homeslice]

Such BS all the money being wasted there........No attempts even made to negotiate, they just throw money at new hires even when a lot of them would have taken the job for less

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Such BS all the money being wasted there........No attempts even made to negotiate, they just throw money at new hires even when a lot of them would have taken the job for less

Shut the fuck up dickhead

[Adeptus_Minor]

Damn... I wish I had any skills worth 400k. I'd work under imminent threat of volcanic destruction for that kind of money.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Such BS all the money being wasted there........No attempts even made to negotiate, they just throw money at new hires even when a lot of them would have taken the job for less

I don't know about this particular contract, but I am willing to bet it is cheaper than using active military.

Remember, the US Govt has been using civilian contractors since pre Civil War.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Inferno

I don't know about this particular contract, but I am willing to bet it is cheaper than using active military.

Remember, the US Govt has been using civilian contractors since pre Civil War.

I don't know a single Joe that makes $400k on active duty. Like Dave said, average E-5/E-6 is gonna make between $50k and $70k depending on BAH and dependants.
So, I can get 8 joes working for the same money as one civilian contractor, and i can work those 8 joes 16 hour + days and not pay them any differently. I don't get how contractors can be cheaper if we already have trained soldiers capable of doing the same job...

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

I don't know a single Joe that makes $400k on active duty. Like Dave said, average E-5/E-6 is gonna make between $50k and $70k depending on BAH and dependants.
So, I can get 8 joes working for the same money as one civilian contractor, and i can work those 8 joes 16 hour + days and not pay them any differently. I don't get how contractors can be cheaper if we already have trained soldiers capable of doing the same job...

Military doesn't really grab a lot of engineers though. Every job fair I went to, they were begging for us to enlist and they didn't really grab that many of us. It's hard to get qualified engineers to come out unless they are paid extremely well for it, like say 400k, lol.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Trip

Military doesn't really grab a lot of engineers though. Every job fair I went to, they were begging for us to enlist and they didn't really grab that many of us. It's hard to get qualified engineers to come out unless they are paid extremely well for it, like say 400k, lol.

There is the advantage (to the govt) of the guard.
They have people that are engineers on the civilian side that can carry that knowledge and experience over to their deployments.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

There is the advantage (to the govt) of the guard.
They have people that are engineers on the civilian side that can carry that knowledge and experience over to their deployments.

You still won't have a lot there either. A good qualified engineer won't be in the guard because they will clear enough cash at home just as an engineer, unless they are bored and want to go play weekend warrior. To get those engineering vets, you need to throw a lot of dough at them. There is engineering contractors that can stay at home and clear a couple hundred K just going around hitting 7 days a week work doing nothing but plant outages.

[Rider]

Not enough money if you ask me. What kind of benefits do you get? Medical for your family? Vacation? Free life insurance? 401K/pension? Paid sick time/personal business? Free cell phone with unlimited international calling to call your family? Furnished air fare for 1 or 2 trips home during the year? Tuition reimbursement?

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by Rider

Not enough money if you ask me. What kind of benefits do you get? Medical for your family? Vacation? Free life insurance? 401K/pension? Paid sick time/personal business? Free cell phone with unlimited international calling to call your family? Furnished air fare for 1 or 2 trips home during the year? Tuition reimbursement?

Gonna goto job fair this weekend

Z already has the INS. For the kids and her
Vacation, I'm think 10 weeks on 2 off
I'm sure you could do a 401, but i'm going w ROTHs
Dunno about cell, but Skype is free
No returning home to not pay taxes, just meet in Europe or ?

Gotta stay off us soil for 365 days to circumvent taxes