Agreed, even with the updated figures, in which they would have been paid ~6 times that, let’s round it to $4800 per week, it still doesn’t sound like too much for what sounds like a high tier job.
In any case, I guess it’s a lot cooler to be paid ~$850/week doing modern era James Bond work than flipping burgers or similar... but personally I do love me the latter ones especially if they are quiet and unstressful.
It’s their choice. But it’s all well and good the forums are looking out for them, telling them how great their pay is and potentially get paid better by the “the dark side.”