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Yet the market demands 24x7 operation and there will be many hours of perhaps 2 people per hour. On average it just doesn't work. And medical insurance alone
by VLM 9y ago
Yet the market demands 24x7 operation and there will be many hours of perhaps 2 people per hour. On average it just doesn't work. And medical insurance alone costs $15/hr. Total lifetime cost of paying someone to work a shift is probably that $20 its just that the paycheck only includes 7.25 worth of it, the guys medical care doesn't disappear because he's poor we just pay higher taxes and higher rates, ditto food he doesn't stop eating because he's poor we just pay more money for EBT. So the cost to the complete system, to the civilization, to everyone in that civilization counting all the costs, is at least $20/hr, that's not ludicrous at all.
- Retric 9y ago15$/hr for medical insurance * 40 hour weeks * ~4 weeks a month = 2,400$/month. 1/4 of that buys great coverage for one person which is ~3.75$/hr + 7.25$/h = 11$/hour. Second one person can operate more than one pump. In a peak hour you can probably hit 50+. Also, one person from 10pm - 6am then 2 people from 6-2pm and 2 people from 2pm to 10pm means that 2 people per hour occurs when you have fewer people. Further, they will be doing stuff like cleaning during that down time meaning it effectively costs less than 1 person at night. Also, many gas stations don't operate 24 / 7. You may have one on each side of the street during the day and then one shuts down at night. PS: Small Gas stations average 500-1,000 people per day. / 24 hours that's 20-40/h on average.