Originally Posted by
cynicalint
Throughout their careers, all Service personnel receive a 13 per cent allowance on top of their basic salaries.
Can anyone explain what this 13% refered to in the original link is? I assume it refers to the X-factor, which I thought was around 10% and included in our basic salary. Do some really think that we get the X- factor in addition to the published rates of pay? Otherwise comparisons ought to reduce our basic by 10% to compensate and show what we are really paid without the X-factor.
13% is the X-Factor, and is included in our salaries. It's a bit of a cheap trick to be honest, because it's included in everyone's salaries, even non-seagoing Wrens and P7DowngradedBecauseI'mFitForFcukAll personnel. It's a nice little soundbite that they can drag out to show how valued we are.