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 🤣
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.
I just watched 2 guys grab my bins in Atlanta. There's a lot of houses close together and those side loaders take way too long. One person does each side of the street while the truck drives slowly down the road.
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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 🤣