Yes, I have heard those kind of arrangement before and I am sorry for those workers. He said, NO WAGES for almost a year, he didn't say he was giving them pocket money, minimum wage is also pocket money. If those Uncles has a family, how can they feed them, as you say they are poor and as I understand they do not even live close to Mindoro . Promise of a share if they make a recovery is next to nothing as their chance of making a successful recovery is on or about 95% failure, unless they have all sign readers who are experts on Japanese signs or hi-tech scanning equipment.
Like I said, it none of my business but just thinking out loud and I pity those kind of people that accept those kind of terms.
Dahvos also mentioned that he wants to Buy Out his Enlistment Contract so he can get out of the Navy, nowadays,
there is no such thing , he can get a Financial Hardship Discharge though.