# Do cadets have jobs? **URL:** \ **Category:** SUNY Maritime\ **Created:** [January 21, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219 "2023-01-21T12:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silverbk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@silverbk](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/silverbk)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219/21 "2023-06-11T12:50:24Z")
I did a few gigs on bunkering tankers when I was a cadet. I was also paid for my cadet observer stints. bouchard paid cadets the regular deckhand rate. I did pretty well for the summer. Reinauer on the other hand paid me but not much, and they screwed it up. They write seatime letters based on payroll records, so i first had to get paid for my last two weeks before I could get an accurate seatime letter. ---
**Author:** ![ShooterMcGavin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/shootermcgavin/32/1756_2.png) [@ShooterMcGavin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ShooterMcGavin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219/22 "2023-06-11T21:54:58Z")
I knew of cadets in the 2000’s who worked for small outfits like Vinik during their summers after cruise. Guy can barely manage his own life let alone a company but… he was paying them $175 a day reliably. ---
**Author:** ![silverbk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@silverbk](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/silverbk)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219/23 "2023-06-11T22:51:30Z")
I wouldn’t recommend anyone with a license or a reputation go there unless you have to. Like for your last stop. ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219/24 "2023-06-11T23:03:54Z")
😂 ---
**Author:** ![ShooterMcGavin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/shootermcgavin/32/1756_2.png) [@ShooterMcGavin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ShooterMcGavin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219/25 "2023-06-12T13:50:17Z")
> [@silverbk](#): > > I wouldn’t recommend anyone with a license or a reputation go there unless you have to. Like for your last stop. I agree with you 100%. His tugs parted lines (I was told he only uses secondhand lines) attempting to tow the Empire State to the drydock and a few years before that one boat caught fire assisting her off the dock for a cruise. ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219/26 "2023-06-12T14:00:19Z")
But he’s free! ---
**Author:** ![silverbk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@silverbk](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/silverbk)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219/27 "2023-06-12T14:19:19Z")
This is worthy of its own thread. Fortunately I never had to work there. However I had one relief captain and two mates of mine come through there. They all confirm, old rusty non working equipment, dirty, leaky greasy stuff, no grub, only m&ms and Polly O string cheese. Every piece of line was stolen off another company’s barge. With all that said they all say that the worst part is dealing with the man’s eccentricities. I have met the guy personally and he seems like a decent guy but I never had to work with him. With Subchapter M and oil vetting, I honestly do not know how he stays in business. The best thing he can do is stay off the boats. I remember when people dreaded working with Paul Mahoney on the Pegasus. Then he took a heart attack and now has his daughter running things, now its a pleasant place to work. [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/do-cadets-have-jobs/65219.md?page=1)