On: What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?

[DaiPlusPlus]

I thought “bennies” was short for Benjamins - $100 bills, I.e. the money?

Or they provide benzodiazepines on the job now?

[kevinbowman → DaiPlusPlus]

I assumed "benefits", i.e. perks beyond the basic salary

[DaiPlusPlus → kevinbowman]

As a non-American living in the US the way people talk about tangible public-sector benefits (or lack thereof...) led me to think otherwise. The only significant "benefit" people do talk about is job-security, I guess because people are hard to replace if they're being underpaid...