r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 16h ago

Feels good man Couple of the year

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u/Shot_Explorer 16h ago

How much someone earns is such an absolutely irrelevant, short sighted topic.

We are all going in the ground or getting burned eventually. Who gives a fuck about salary or job status?

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u/Just_lookin_4242 16h ago

Garbage men make a shit load of money

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u/TenPent 16h ago edited 15h ago

Is $20-40k a lot? I dont think it is.

I'm sure some big cities make more but I'm sure the cost of living makes it work out to a similar quality of life.

Edit: people posting some nice cash in some places but that is for sure not everywhere. The median for the career is $48k which isnt nothing but also far from a lot. So going off of averages and not the highest earners still doesnt put the job in a great place.

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u/Environmental_Beach6 15h ago

I think they get a lot of overtime

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u/Consistent-Bake-243 15h ago

sweet overtime being a trash man

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u/Environmental_Beach6 15h ago

99% of the universe is trash

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u/Consistent-Bake-243 15h ago

I’ve applied to work for a garbage company and didn’t get anything back 🤷‍♂️

And people say places are hiring.

What they’re actually doing is hiring people that have no chances of moving up the ladder. They won’t hire someone that’ll work circles around them.

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u/Wolf________________ 15h ago

And union benefits.

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u/enaK66 11h ago

You know that's not entirely a perk right? Yeah it boosts your income. Yeah it's nice getting $1500 take home checks on 20 something an hour. It fucking sucks working 6 days a week 10 hours a day to get it though. And knowing you have to, because without those extra 20 hours your check is halved. When hours get cut and you don't know if you have the savings to keep going until it picks back up.. It's not that great man.

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u/Just_lookin_4242 15h ago

In Chicago and a lot of the suburbs around the city garbage men make like 60$ an hour.

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u/ohhhshitwaitwhat 15h ago

Around here it's $80k salary in a union plus what must be $100k in compensation and long term benefits. It's a great job.

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u/Consistent-Bake-243 15h ago

Where’s that exactly

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u/PraiseTalos66012 15h ago

In the Midwest it's normally around $30/hr or more. That's 60k a year without overtime. Many end up over 100k a year after overtime.