>>2025070military(navy), comms specifically
Pros
>high pay>cheap booze once we make port (our ships carry alcohol and operate a bar still)>easy to sleep because gentle machinery hum and rocking of the sea (or rougher sea states just make you pass out from nausea or gravol side-effects)>overnight leave in port to bang local slags in a hotel if you can afford it>get to touch some interesting equipment>free boots, socks, underwear, and t-shirts>actually very safe, can't even go up certain ladders outside unless absolutely nothing is on that could maybe hurt you possibly after a cumulative 50 years of exposureCons
>inconsistent schedule>away from home for months at a time>long shifts>chronic understaffing>not allowed to fix anything when it breaks but get blamed for it staying broken>cleaning stations erry day>"adventure" isn't real, it's mostly sitting around doing makework>coursing and workplace recordkeeping carefully curated to make sure you can't get a civilian job ever and have to come crawling back every time you go broke after burnout ragequitting>"interesting equipment" isn't industry standard so you can't even put the experience on your resume without looking like an out of touch weirdo>the crushing knowledge that you work a job that does literally nothing useful for anyone>despite the chronic understaffing it's actually quite hard to get into a billet>because of the chronic understaffing it's actually quite hard to get out of a billet once you wanna ragequit unless you literally tell someone you're a step away from kysing yourself>rough oceans distroy ur knees>the army and air force will always make fun of you because their equivalent trades actually do get to set up and maintain/repair their own gear and get to use all the much more fun stuff and they also get paid more and get to get real certs and shit