Ninety-Nine The Embarrassing Life of American Veterans

"Young Master?" didn't wait for Mark to say anything, Ruolan next to her was not happy, let Mark be the driver, so what did she do?

Su Zhen smiled and waved his hand, so that Ruolan could not be impatient, he did this not because he was dissatisfied with Ruolan, nor did he impulsively say that he wanted to help this "hero", but for a reason, in fact, this idea was had when he was surrounded by reporters at Hong Kong Airport.

Although Ruolan is also conscientious and organized, she is only a woman after all, not that Su Zhen is sexist, but it is undeniable that on more occasions, it is indeed much more convenient to do things than women, for example, when Hong Kong was blocked, Ruolan not only couldn't help, as a weak woman, but needed Su Zhen's protection instead, so Su Zhen had the idea of hiring a bodyguard, and although the United States said that everyone is an equal country, invisible racial discrimination is still pure, It would be much more convenient to have a local white man working under him, so Su Zhen would have the idea of hiring Mark, and judging from the previous bank robbery, it is obvious that Mark is still a person with a great sense of justice, which makes Su Zhen particularly satisfied, and this does not affect Ruolan's status, she can still be her own life assistant.

"Will you hire me?" Mark was very surprised by this, this salary is not low, seeing Su Zhen nodded with a smile, he replied happily, "Of course I do." ”

One wonders why a decent Navy SEAL would be so excited about a $50,000 job? The fact is that life in the U.S. military isn't as good as people think, especially after being discharged.

The United States adopts a conscription system, that is, mercenaries, and the treatment of soldiers is very good, first of all, you can get permanent residency in the United States (green card), and you can get a bonus of 3-40,000 US dollars if you sign a 4-6 year military contract at one time, if you want to go to college after retiring, the US government can provide all the tuition required for free, college in the United States is a big consumption, four years of tuition up to tens of thousands of dollars is not a small amount, the annual salary is as high as 3-50,000 US dollars, one step directly to the middle class, you can bring your family to live outside the camp, the rent of housing is borne by the army, and the rent of accommodation before joining the army is also borne by the army, until you are discharged from the army, if you are sent to the war zone, you can get a monthly subsidy of about 2,000 US dollars, and those who know the second language have a monthly subsidy of 300 US dollars, work 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, and the rest of the time is on standby, if there is a task, there is overtime pay, 25 days of paid leave per year, and the spouse who does not work can get a monthly subsidy of 500, Green card residents can be naturalized directly when they join the military, have comprehensive social insurance and medical insurance, receive a pension of $500,000 for the death of a soldier, exempt their children from exams and tuition, and get the Order of Purple Heart for the disabled, a permanent fishing/hunting license for free, and a high monthly living allowance.

The pay is good and very tempting, right? And the above is true, without a trace of falsehood. But the GIs didn't have a good time after they retired.

In fact, as a country that has experienced the most wars after World War II, it naturally knows what kind of training level can ensure the quality of soldiers, especially recruit training, which is directly implemented from the beginning of high-intensity training, and the degree of barbarism and cruelty is almost unbearable for ordinary people, because it is normal for cruel training to lead to psychological problems. So all units of the U.S. military are equipped with full-time psychiatrists, but this does not bring much improvement, so it is easy to have some mental problems after retirement, so the suicide rate of veterans is more than twice the suicide rate of civilians, which is already very revealing.

And in order to release the pressure, the soldiers like to drink, gamble and find women, so even if they make a lot of money in the army, they don't have much savings, and there is no retirement pay for discharge, so if they can't find a job in time, life will be very difficult.

First of all, most of the people who join the army are high school graduates, the education level is not high, and they lack the necessary vocational skills, although the government can provide all soldiers to go to college for free, but not many people can really complete their studies, because of the high-intensity life and training in the army, it is difficult for them to adapt to the easy and ordinary life of the university, and the dropout rate is extremely high, so they can only go to society.

But even if they get jobs that don't rely heavily on vocational skills, they still struggle to adapt to the corporate culture, like Mark, who doesn't know what employers need, which leads to all kinds of problems. Therefore, U.S. military veterans have not been welcomed by employers, so for most ordinary retired soldiers, it is already a good thing to be able to get a job to make ends meet, you must know that a quarter of the homeless people in the United States have been American soldiers.

In fact, most veterans can only become employees of the federal government, and a quarter of the personnel in the U.S. government come from veterans, but it is well known that the civil servants of the U.S. government are not as well treated as domestic civil servants, and they do belong to low-income people.

On the contrary, however, there are military officers, and the quality of officers in the United States is extremely high, and all of them are highly educated and high-quality personnel, and after they are discharged from the army, they are high-level talents who are rushed to be sought after by all walks of life, but they also embody a completely different extreme.

So Mark was very happy with Su Zhen's annual salary of 50,000 US dollars, you must know that the annual salary of his previous security work was only about 20,000 US dollars, which was simply a pie in the sky for him, and it would be strange if he didn't agree.

"That's good, report to this address at 7 a.m. tomorrow." Su Zhen said and gave him a business card of his own, pointed to the address on it and said, then got into the car and asked Ruolan to drive back.

Mark looked at this business card stunned, as a member of Harvard Town, he naturally heard of the largest garden ranch in the town, and also knew that the owner of the Ludao Ranch was a Chinese rich man, but he didn't expect that he would hire such a rich man, which made him feel like he was dreaming.

Su Zhen explained her thoughts to Ruolan on the way back, saying that she would not let her leave, Ruolan was relieved, just now she had been worried about whether she had done something wrong, so that Su Zhen wanted to fire herself, you must know that it is not easy for Lu Dao to find a job like Su Zhen with a high salary and easy salary, so she cherishes this job very much.