Its an emergency situation, we had the largest blizzard in 10+ years. I think paying a higher wage over a short term for exigent circumstances where you really want people to show up is reasonable. Its roughly equivalent to a mid-level salary for a garbage man (which is probably too low for garbage men, but at least they get insurance and other gov’t job perks.)
Also, they don’t get government job perks like health insurance or a pension.
I once heard a way to think about this kind of comment…
It’s not that you think they’re being paid too much - it’s that you think it’s too much relative to what you make vs your own work and your own value assessment.
And that doesn’t mean they’re paid too much - it means YOU’RE probably being underpaid too. Be angry at your own boss - not the ones who pay better. This “paid too much” idea is worker vs worker class warfare to keep everyone miserable. Don’t do the capitalists’ work for them. Every worker who does better is ultimately better for all of us.
It’s also a lot of calories burnt. Like, I would definitely need to double up on what I currently eat in meals at least if I were doing that all day and I already have an active, physically demanding job.
How much have you paid in the past for some clearing your driveway? That’s about the going rate to have someone plow your driveway and it’s way less than an hour’s work. Personally it should be more to work all day shoveling, it’s really hard work.
Ok, but 30$/hr for shoveling snow with the benefits of a government job is a wee too much
It is a government job.
Its an emergency situation, we had the largest blizzard in 10+ years. I think paying a higher wage over a short term for exigent circumstances where you really want people to show up is reasonable. Its roughly equivalent to a mid-level salary for a garbage man (which is probably too low for garbage men, but at least they get insurance and other gov’t job perks.)
Also, they don’t get government job perks like health insurance or a pension.
I once heard a way to think about this kind of comment…
It’s not that you think they’re being paid too much - it’s that you think it’s too much relative to what you make vs your own work and your own value assessment.
And that doesn’t mean they’re paid too much - it means YOU’RE probably being underpaid too. Be angry at your own boss - not the ones who pay better. This “paid too much” idea is worker vs worker class warfare to keep everyone miserable. Don’t do the capitalists’ work for them. Every worker who does better is ultimately better for all of us.
How so? It’s a physically demanding job, and pay also has to be scaled with the fact that NYC is one of the most expensive cities to live in.
So demanding that people have heart attacks and die from doing it.
It’s also a lot of calories burnt. Like, I would definitely need to double up on what I currently eat in meals at least if I were doing that all day and I already have an active, physically demanding job.
How much have you paid in the past for some clearing your driveway? That’s about the going rate to have someone plow your driveway and it’s way less than an hour’s work. Personally it should be more to work all day shoveling, it’s really hard work.
Would $20/hr make it acceptable to you? $15? Minimum wage? When you find a point that’s different but acceptable, that’s a hangup, not a standard.