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I can’t even come close BUT!! When I turned 18 I randomly applied for a cruise line and made federal minimum wage. That was like I don’t know 6 and change back then? But you earn overtime after your second or third shift. So anyways even on a small cruise line I was making enough money for a dirt bike and then I quit cause fuck that job. It sucks. I wrote too much
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Guys from India and the Philippines? Not unless they’re an officer. Even then they’re not paid nearly enough. As a lowly AB from the US I didn’t make nearly enough to stay on ships. You can make just as much working a 9-5 and get to go home every night. Everyone I worked with was difficult and hated everyone else. Now imagine being stuck on a boat with them 24 hours a day.
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I’m not sure where you’re getting the criminally low pay from. It pays pretty well because it’s a dangerous and undesirable job, but has certain type of romanticism to it as well. You get to travel and see the world in ways you probably never would otherwise. My father was a merchant marine and boy were there stories. One of them involved finding my mom in Japan and bringing her back to the states ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Play0:000:00SettingsFullscreenLog in or sign up to leave a comment level 1I hope they are paid welllevel 2I can’t even come close BUT!! When I turned 18 I randomly applied for a cruise line and made federal minimum wage. That was like I don’t know 6 and change back then? But you earn overtime after your second or third shift. So anyways even on a small cruise line I was making enough money for a dirt bike and then I quit cause fuck that job. It sucks. I wrote too muchlevel 2It doesn’t matter how hard you work, your salary only reflect how irreplaceable you are.level 2The pay is pretty good for the most part. Officers make 90 – 180+ depending on the industry/company/rank.KP’06The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a hidden gem.level 2They are paid in $$ which when converted to their local currency is a lot of money. There is a reason you see only 3rd world country people apply for such jobs.level 2Lol as long as you’re smiling for the video… that’s all corporate needs.level 2Guys from India and the Philippines? Not unless they’re an officer. Even then they’re not paid nearly enough. As a lowly AB from the US I didn’t make nearly enough to stay on ships. You can make just as much working a 9-5 and get to go home every night. Everyone I worked with was difficult and hated everyone else. Now imagine being stuck on a boat with them 24 hours a day.level 2I work in the industry. Non-western sailors are paid and treated very poorly.level 1Live on the west coast? Look into the Pacific Coast Coalition for Seafarers, or the Sea Farers Mission, great way to volunteer and support sea farers who face harsh, dangerous conditions and criminally low paylevel 2It really sucks that charities have to support these people because their employers won’t.level 2Top post is about how well they are paid, second is this. How TF are people supposed to know what to believe anymore.level 2I’m not sure where you’re getting the criminally low pay from. It pays pretty well because it’s a dangerous and undesirable job, but has certain type of romanticism to it as well. You get to travel and see the world in ways you probably never would otherwise. My father was a merchant marine and boy were there stories. One of them involved finding my mom in Japan and bringing her back to the states ¯_(ツ)_/¯level 2criminally low payMakes me wonder if there’ll ever be a shipping version of the Truckconvoy.level 2My family lives on the coast in a huge logging town and men used to jump off the boats and start new lives