# Good opportunity but low $ **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime Employment\ **Created:** [February 6, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385 "2010-02-06T02:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![captjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@captjoe](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captjoe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/1 "2010-02-06T02:08:44Z")
Immediate position available in the Caribbean for a CRAFTSMASTER at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Great opportunity for the right candidate with desire to spend some time in the warm climate. Only serious candidates should apply. [http://www.thinkenergygroup.com/think.nsf/J/80173?Opendocument](http://www.thinkenergygroup.com/think.nsf/J/80173?Opendocument) ---
**Author:** ![dougpine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dougpine/32/7653_2.png) [@dougpine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dougpine)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/2 "2010-02-06T03:50:56Z")
They want a person with 5 years on harbor tugs or ferries and they only pay $58k? ---
**Author:** ![Boatahaulic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@Boatahaulic](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Boatahaulic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/3 "2010-02-06T04:15:26Z")
They also give you housing and a vehicle, I’m not sure about grub. ---
**Author:** ![dougpine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dougpine/32/7653_2.png) [@dougpine](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dougpine)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/4 "2010-02-06T05:32:06Z")
That would help justify the low base compensation and puts the total value more in line with reality. Lots of places to drive down there I imagine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneelbeforeZod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@KneelbeforeZod](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/KneelbeforeZod)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/5 "2010-02-06T12:58:20Z")
> [@dougpine;26571](#): > > They want a person with 5 years on harbor tugs or ferries and they only pay $58k? They must be supplying the weed too! ---
**Author:** ![10talents](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9f8e36/32.png) [@10talents](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/10talents)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/6 "2010-02-06T16:14:59Z")
> [@KneelbeforeZod!;26603](#): > > They must be supplying the weed too! They must be smoking it. I’ve been there twice. You are limited to driving around the base. Also if you gotta have your Starbucks don’t expect to get there as there are limitations to what is available. I got a great hair cut for $3.00 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Tar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jolly_tar/32/1914_2.png) [@Jolly\_Tar](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jolly_Tar)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/7 "2010-02-06T16:54:07Z")
They actually have a Starbucks there now & a Pizza Hut. Housing doesn’t mean a house, at least right out of the gate. There are even MORE limits to the driving since the arrival of the bad guys. I was stationed there as Chief Pilot from 2000-2003 and what I found when I arrived was MUCH different than when I left. - Good guys (Burns & Roe is the contractor for the waterfront) - Navy YTBs - Weather is nice. - Flights on and off CAN be difficult to arrange and costly. - Great gig for the retired squid with the NEC (Naval Enlisted Classification) but no credentials. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@Jeffrox](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jeffrox)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/8 "2010-02-06T18:23:01Z")
It’s tax free too. I inquired 3 weeks ago and was told by folks in GTMO that they don’t acctually[COLOR=black] have any openings right now and that they are waiting for the Navy to accept their contract proposal. That’s two jobs I found recently where there wasn’t an actual job, they were just farming names for a contract proposal…[/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![richard8000milesaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@richard8000milesaway](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/richard8000milesaway)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/9 "2010-02-06T22:45:16Z")
it sounds incredibly boring. I guess a good gig for stability or if you’re in the middle of writing the next “Moby Dick”. ---
**Author:** ![10talents](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9f8e36/32.png) [@10talents](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/10talents)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/10 "2010-02-07T06:13:04Z")
> [@Jolly Tar;26612](#): > > They actually have a Starbucks there now & a Pizza Hut. Man, how did I miss that. Saw the Pizza Hut and BK or McDonalds (can’t remember which). ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Tar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jolly_tar/32/1914_2.png) [@Jolly\_Tar](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jolly_Tar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/good-opportunity-but-low/3385/11 "2010-02-08T16:47:04Z")
It’s Mickey D’s - one the ONLY ones that serve pizza, or at least they were until Pizza Hut showed up. [B]FOR ANYONE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING THIS [/B] If yer thinking about giving this a go AND you have children, there IS a DoDDS school on base. Last I knew it was [U]$10,000 per child[/U]. This is certainly a negotiation point but better to know on the FRONT side instead of the back as it WILL come out of pocket unless you manage to get Burns & Roe to cover it. Food fer thought or more accurately [I]Comida pa’ pensar[/I]