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A great job many people overlook is corrections. Corrections facilities are like small towns and have a wide range of services and functions in the building. T

by hs6si 5y ago

A great job many people overlook is corrections. Corrections facilities are like small towns and have a wide range of services and functions in the building. They take anyone with a clear criminal history. Then you might work similar long hours for one or two years before being able to apply for a desk spot and you would have access to various training, step raises, and more. I started working in corrections a few years ago and had to work 12-16 hours almost everyday for two years. Then I got a better position, then a year later an even better position, and now I just sit at a desk 8 hours or less and don't even feel like I have a job any more.

nonameiguess 5y ago
How long did it take you? It may be faster in Indiana, but this was basically my first idea in California a very long time ago when I was unhappy working in nonprofit fundraising management. The background check/psych eval and all the various hoops took 13 months to get through before I finally got an offer, and by then I'd joined the Army instead. And California required a college degree to become a corrections officer. Beware, of course, that part of the reasons corrections jobs pay well is that prisons tend to be located in the middle of nowhere and they have to pay premiums to entice people to move out there. Your wife may not want to go.
- hs6si 5y ago
  It took me maybe 2-3 months. Look at county jails which are usually in less remote areas than prisons.
  - nonameiguess 5y ago
    Maybe another state disconnect? In California, county jails are run by Sheriff's departments, not by corrections. Whether a Sheriff's department requires a degree and how long the application process takes varies wildly by county.
the_only_law 5y ago
Guys I knew that worked as corrections officers were making around or less than what OP said he was making, ofc I imagine that highly varied on state/municipality/etc.
VLM 5y ago
Speaking of institutional work, there's also hospitals which are by definition usually located near people, and schools. The local private liberal arts college down the road from me pays $8.75/hr for all work-study jobs, so about half McDonalds wage. The important point is turnover is immense and demand for such low pay is extremely low. So work on campus on the help desk for one month / one semester / something like that. Instant easy experience to put on the resume. Helpdesk is an interesting way to meet people, such as the administrators and professors whom could hire you for a "real" job possibly paying as much as $15/hr. As a comparison, you'd be very temporarily making approx $9/hr at a college that costs $37K/yr to attend, just for tuition not room and board and books and so forth. The college president makes far in excess of $300K/yr (thats what the guy back in 2003 was getting). Although it seems unsustainable for decades now, the system hasn't crashed ... yet. So may as well get that easy experience.

by hs6si 5y ago

nonameiguess 5y ago

How long did it take you? It may be faster in Indiana, but this was basically my first idea in California a very long time ago when I was unhappy working in nonprofit fundraising management. The background check/psych eval and all the various hoops took 13 months to get through before I finally got an offer, and by then I'd joined the Army instead. And California required a college degree to become a corrections officer. Beware, of course, that part of the reasons corrections jobs pay well is that prisons tend to be located in the middle of nowhere and they have to pay premiums to entice people to move out there. Your wife may not want to go.

hs6si 5y ago
It took me maybe 2-3 months. Look at county jails which are usually in less remote areas than prisons.
- nonameiguess 5y ago
  Maybe another state disconnect? In California, county jails are run by Sheriff's departments, not by corrections. Whether a Sheriff's department requires a degree and how long the application process takes varies wildly by county.

the_only_law 5y ago

Guys I knew that worked as corrections officers were making around or less than what OP said he was making, ofc I imagine that highly varied on state/municipality/etc.

VLM 5y ago

Speaking of institutional work, there's also hospitals which are by definition usually located near people, and schools. The local private liberal arts college down the road from me pays $8.75/hr for all work-study jobs, so about half McDonalds wage. The important point is turnover is immense and demand for such low pay is extremely low. So work on campus on the help desk for one month / one semester / something like that. Instant easy experience to put on the resume. Helpdesk is an interesting way to meet people, such as the administrators and professors whom could hire you for a "real" job possibly paying as much as $15/hr. As a comparison, you'd be very temporarily making approx $9/hr at a college that costs $37K/yr to attend, just for tuition not room and board and books and so forth. The college president makes far in excess of $300K/yr (thats what the guy back in 2003 was getting). Although it seems unsustainable for decades now, the system hasn't crashed ... yet. So may as well get that easy experience.