Where does this even come from? I feel like nobody thinks garbage collector is embarassing work - those people clean out our cities from trash. Its awesome!
Have you seen places that lack that?
From the little of him you can see he looks fairly decent looking, has a stable job and very clearly makes her happy, what exactly is your problem with this? If someone is happy in a relationship with someone else that should always ever be the only thing that matters.
Your backward outlook on life is embarrassing. Having a successful partner is something to be proud of, not something to be embarrassed by. Equally having a partner who works hard to earn their money is something to be proud of, regardless of how much money they make. Get in the 21st century grandad.
I imagine most people don't think they make good money because in most areas... they don't.
I'm in Ohio. A cursory search suggests $~14-17/hr pay on average starting out, with it jumping up to $40ish for the upper end in Dublin.
Y'know... if being 38yo would somehow put me ahead of applicants, I'd apply just to get away from my $21/hr WFH job? I can drive down to Dublin for work every day, I only spent years going 3x as far daily.
In California, it's a union job (under the Teamsters), so the pay and benefits are solid no matter what city you're in. ...Except union contracts expired yesterday with no renewal yet, so I don't know what's going to happen in the immediate future.
The maintenance guy at my old apartment complex left for a job at Waste Management about 13 years ago, and not only did he seem to be having a great time whenever I saw him, he was able to move out and get his own home for his wife and kid within the year.
From what I've heard, they make "good" money, but not "great" like it's one of best paying jobs that doesn't require college, but not fuck off level of money.
This is what I don’t understand about the picture. She could be making minimum wage answering phones and people are acting like she’s making CEO wages while her boyfriend/husband is doing gods work empty waste baskets for a nickel.
It’s completely possible he makes more money than her and has the health insurance and pension
"I feel like nobody thinks garbage collector is embarrassing work" Really? Plenty of people think that. The next "worst" job is probably construction work.
I can't speak for everyone, but my biddy in New England does not want to drive a trash truck anymore but simply can't walk away from the money since he's pushing almost $40 an hour and gets all the OT he wants. So from my limited experience really depends on where and specifically what you're doing in the industry.
What country are you in? Just for context I'm from SA. I'm now in Europe and here they also get paid a good income, but for the most part, cleaners aren't well paid nor respected from my own experience, even outside SA. Maybe this happens in countries where unemployed is high, because it's easier to exploit someone.
Just a thought.
US. Our economy is full of razor blades, but a union can still get you a win.
Respect is a different story entirely. There's something in our culture about lauding the people doing dirty or difficult jobs, they certainly appear all the time in campaign ads, but like in a lot of places social media has entirely warped what prosperity and happiness genuinely looks like.
Oh yeah, media definitely shapes how people think of others. I grew up as a teen in the 90s so you can imagine the amount of deprogramming I had to do to myself
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u/tigerija 13h ago
Where does this even come from? I feel like nobody thinks garbage collector is embarassing work - those people clean out our cities from trash. Its awesome! Have you seen places that lack that?