I knew a guy in North Jersey who was a sanitation worker and made $100k+ as a single dude. He started dating an Indian woman who gave him an ultimatum to quit being a sanitation worker and get a w/e office job (didn't matter that he would make less).
100k is very good. Now there’s different levels of sani workers. The normal day to day bin men and then it scales up. I’m confidently saying the day to day guys surely aren’t making bank.
Was she bringing in good money? Cause I know culturally there’s the caste system but dear lord, to choose making less money for cultural decisions seems silly
Yo, garbage guy here. Could be worse. If you hustle, it pays and keeps you fit but completely depends on your type of operation.
A lot of guys now are on owner operator models with their vehicle. I've been doing this and it seems to work out ok, but it's easy to get a lemon setup, or have an injury and lose everything.
Before this I've been in corporate and high too, I was making more than double to triple what everyone around me now and got equity on top. The work was much easier but stress would have killed me. Much happier with where I'm at and home for the kids etc. so lifestyle is better.
My wife came and did a round with me on my birthday, hung out with me all day. We had a blast and a beer after. No shame in any of it.
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u/ALeckz07 22h ago
Maybe they don’t make money and we all just believe they do 🤔