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Originally Posted by foreverwar
An Army private earns (on average) £13866 pa, which if they worked a 40 hour week would be £6.66 per hour. But, since the average is 46 hours per week (see survey), this brings it down to £5.80. The national minimum wage is £5.35 - so you are right, they do earn more than the national minimum wage - 45p per hour more (with no overtime, and being exempted from the Working Time Regulations). And when you are in a combat zone, it is often 12 hours on, 12 hours off (if you are lucky) - all for £5.80 per hour  |
You may have a point if people where forced to sign up. However it is voluntary and as such I have no sympathy. If they wanted higher paid jobs they should have done better in school and earned them like the rest of us.