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That's not common knowledge to me, especially since I don't live in California. You have asserted certain claims and offer no evidence. "Common knowledge" isn
by TDL 10y ago
That's not common knowledge to me, especially since I don't live in California. You have asserted certain claims and offer no evidence. "Common knowledge" isn't evidence.
- RandomName2020 10y agoI do not know how to even reply to that. Bus drivers, post delivery people, municipal construction workers etc. - all have better salaries and benefits than similar private workers. I am not sure how any adult living anywhere in US could manage to not know that.
- thedufer 10y agoYou're talking past one another, I think. You are correct for most blue collar jobs; GP's description is accurate for most white collar workers. Your downvotes are probably for your unnecessarily inflammatory final sentence.
- antisthenes 10y ago> "Common knowledge" isn't evidence. But it is. The data for public salaries generally has very good availability in the Information age. If you're trying to participate in a discussion in an informed way, you should at least conduct the minimum due diligence to do so.
- cloverich 10y agoCommon knowledge is by definition not evidence. > The data for public salaries generally has very good availability in the Information age. The salaries don't seem particularly high, and in some cases (construction workers and bus drivers, top quarter) seem particularly low. Of course a lot more goes into job satisfaction than Salary but I agree, this is not common knowledge. http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/construction-worker/salary http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/construction-worke... http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/bus-driver/salary http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/bus-driver/salary
- RandomName2020 10y agoThe point that BUS DRIVERS working for GOVERNMENT make better wages than BUS DRIVER working for PRIVATE sector. Not that bus drivers in general are rich people.
- cloverich 10y agoAh. I think you've misread the comment in that case. The argument wasn't that the same job was typically better in private than government sector. It was that the types of jobs typically available in government (like the ones you mentioned) are viewed as less desirable in general, despite having good benefits, shorter hours, etc.
- RandomName2020 10y agoFor white collars yes, for blue collars - definitely no.