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I do deliveries to some buildings that still have freight elevator operators, in a USA city. I don't know what they are paid, but it is worth every penny for t
by lfam 9y ago
I do deliveries to some buildings that still have freight elevator operators, in a USA city.
I don't know what they are paid, but it is worth every penny for them to manage the elevators. There is not enough "supply" of freight elevator in most tall buildings, so these operators distribute the capacity to the dozens / hundreds of people needing to use the elevator each day.
$50k per year is a bargain for all the time they save for the thousands of deliveries and other uses each year.
If you have experience in this area, then I should not say this: it's easy to criticize some work as useless when one is totally ignorant of the problem space. But buildings don't hire these operators as a charity.
- lfam 9y agoAnd I'd like to add that I am really skeptical of replacing this job with software, considering that facilities management in these buildings always seems to be barely holding it together. I think a $50k employee can be more responsive / adaptable than a computer program whose administrative credentials are misplaced 2 weeks after installation. And probably cheaper, too.
- aurizon 9y agoYes, I agree, freight management differs greatly from people walking in and pushing buttons for their floor. We now have a new system where you go in and push what floor on an external pad and the system tells you what car to go to.