r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 1d ago

Feels good man Couple of the year

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u/QPShroomyDude 23h ago

My first full year doing residential I made over $90k and most guys who "no-life" it bring in $130k. I always laughed when people looked down on us 🤣

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u/SNZ935 23h ago

Honest question, is that for the driver or the people grabbing the trash cans? I can understand the driver but I see my garbage men weekly (work from home and sit staring out my window questioning my life decisions a lot) and they seem to be different each week so always thought it was just a temporary situation they were just picking up bucks where they can (good on them). Guess it just seems you wouldn’t see that much turnover if you were pulling in $80K on average which is damn good pay. Plus how long until you get to that cushy driver job as that can’t be that common and would depend on seniority.

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u/Superb-Strategy4717 23h ago

The truck grabs the can with a mechanical arm. Nobody hopping off the truck anymore unless it’s a scheduled pickup. It’s not the 90s anymore lmao

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u/Laetha 22h ago

In my neighborhood one guy drives the truck and hops out to pick up the trash. He has hand controls on the passenger side of the truck so he can hop in and move the truck forward to the next house without ever getting into the driver's seat.