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[...] but there is virtually no plausible amount of money that would make this job a good job [...] I think I would happily do that if it paid well enough so t

[...] but there is virtually no plausible amount of money that would make this job a good job [...] I think I would happily do that if it paid well enough so that I only had to work, say, three months or less a year.

dogma1138 9y ago
There are pretty hard seasonal jobs that can pay 50-60K for a season (3-4 months), e.g seasonal fishing. Even in the UK you can find fishing jobs that pay £1500-2000 a week during peak season which means you can earn what Amazon pays in 2.5 months but it’s much harder than sorting items at a warehouse.
- walshemj 9y ago
  Its almost the most dangerous job in the UK though
  - dogma1138 9y ago
    Not in the top 10 (well the list only goes to 8 but number 8 is already only 1 deaths per year) in the UK. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/07/deadliest-jobs-uk-much-pay/amp/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/07/deadliest-job...
    - walshemj 9y ago
      Its the death rate % I was talking about. According to the industry's trade body, Seafish, there are 126 deaths per 100,000 fishermen each year; "many times higher" than any other sector of UK industry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-13947723 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-13947723
      - dogma1138 9y ago
        I don't get where the BBC gets those numbers, unless there are only like 5000 fishermen in the UK which would somehow make the 126 deaths per 100,000 sound plausible. http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/ag-fatal-1617.pdf http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/ag-fatal-1617.pdf Also please note the the vast majority of injuries and fatalities seems to be in farming rather than fishing those statistics are unified but the causes are broken down. The individual deaths and causes are also listed http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/fatalities/2016-17.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/fatalities/2016-17.htm I couldn't find one that related directly to fishing. Don't get me wrong fishing is dangerous but I haven't seen anything that would indicate that it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the UK.
        somecontext 9y ago
        I don't have a horse in this race, but fyi, I found some fishing-related deaths here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-accident-investigation-branch-current-investigations/marine-accident-investigation-branch-current-investigations https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-accident-i...
        dogma1138 9y ago
        Thanks for that source, not sure why HSE doesn't list those maybe because they are still under investigation.
        walshemj 9y ago
        Its from the fishing industry its self as the BBC article says.
        dogma1138 9y ago
        "fishing industry" doesn't mean much, all job related deaths are recorded by the HSE in the UK (this is equivalent to OSHA in the US), which is why I asked for the actual statistics.

dogma1138 9y ago

There are pretty hard seasonal jobs that can pay 50-60K for a season (3-4 months), e.g seasonal fishing. Even in the UK you can find fishing jobs that pay £1500-2000 a week during peak season which means you can earn what Amazon pays in 2.5 months but it’s much harder than sorting items at a warehouse.

walshemj 9y ago
Its almost the most dangerous job in the UK though
- dogma1138 9y ago
  Not in the top 10 (well the list only goes to 8 but number 8 is already only 1 deaths per year) in the UK. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/07/deadliest-jobs-uk-much-pay/amp/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/08/07/deadliest-job...
  - walshemj 9y ago
    Its the death rate % I was talking about. According to the industry's trade body, Seafish, there are 126 deaths per 100,000 fishermen each year; "many times higher" than any other sector of UK industry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-13947723 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-13947723
    - dogma1138 9y ago
      I don't get where the BBC gets those numbers, unless there are only like 5000 fishermen in the UK which would somehow make the 126 deaths per 100,000 sound plausible. http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/ag-fatal-1617.pdf http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/pdf/ag-fatal-1617.pdf Also please note the the vast majority of injuries and fatalities seems to be in farming rather than fishing those statistics are unified but the causes are broken down. The individual deaths and causes are also listed http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/fatalities/2016-17.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/fatalities/2016-17.htm I couldn't find one that related directly to fishing. Don't get me wrong fishing is dangerous but I haven't seen anything that would indicate that it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the UK.
      - somecontext 9y ago
        I don't have a horse in this race, but fyi, I found some fishing-related deaths here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-accident-investigation-branch-current-investigations/marine-accident-investigation-branch-current-investigations https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-accident-i...
        dogma1138 9y ago
        Thanks for that source, not sure why HSE doesn't list those maybe because they are still under investigation.
      - walshemj 9y ago
        Its from the fishing industry its self as the BBC article says.
        dogma1138 9y ago
        "fishing industry" doesn't mean much, all job related deaths are recorded by the HSE in the UK (this is equivalent to OSHA in the US), which is why I asked for the actual statistics.