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> Costco has a sign up paying $19/hr to empty trash cans I am getting really tired of people casually talking about jobs like this as if they are easy. Do they

> Costco has a sign up paying $19/hr to empty trash cans I am getting really tired of people casually talking about jobs like this as if they are easy. Do they require a ton of professional knowledge or skills? Nope. Are they way harder than your job? In all likelihood. I mean, all the proof you need is literally in the fact that Costco can't find workers willing to do the job for that wage. The conditions suck for how hard the job is.

VLM 4y ago
The epitome of privilege is assuming everyone has house servants to empty their trash cans. My trash cans at home do not empty themselves, nor do I have my hired man do it for me. Yes, I admit elderly living in nursing homes do have hired help empty their trash cans. Is it a sign of society collapse that one-armed individuals and those lacking any upper body strength cannot live in the lap of luxury? Nah, they go be cashiers at the same store. Well, whatabout those too dumb to make change but too smart to get SSDI disability? Whataboutism has become tiresome and as such is no longer effective propaganda.
- bittercynic 4y ago
  I have worked a job where emptying trash cans was one of my responsibilities, and it is nothing like emptying the trash at home. They're enormous, heavy, usually leaking putrid liquid, and you have to lift them above your head to dump them in a dumpster. Some of the putrid liquid will get in your hair every day, and you won't be able to get rid of the smell until you get to go home and shower in the evening. It's hard to appreciate how bad of a job it is if you haven't done it.
  - convolvatron 4y ago
    the worst thing about that smell is it follows you even after the shower.
clearleaf 4y ago
I seriously doubt they "can't find workers." I have a friend who works at a rural Tim Hortons and he described to me the massive stack of applications he spotted as "thicker than the phone book. Like two new packs of printer paper." Despite multiple interviews per week nobody gets hired. They've been on a skeleton crew since last summer. I think it's a total crock that they can't find anyone. More like they can't find anyone good enough, and good enough means willing/able to do 4x more work than anybody with the same job had to do previously. I want to start my own million dollar paranormal challenge, but it's for anyone who can prove a non striking non startup company has suffered due to not being able to find workers. I don't think it's happened a single time since 9/11.
- devchix 4y ago
  I've heard the same thing on a recent NPR Planet Money podcast: No Shortage of Labor Stories (Dec 2021): https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1065332194 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1065332194 Employers were saying they're desperate to hire, and there are plenty of people applying and not getting hired. It makes no sense. I hear more and more of these mismatched supply-demand anecdata. I can only conclude that there are not honest conversations around hiring; that is, the real requirement for the job is not being conveyed, or at least written down or said out loud. Like you said, if an employer such as Tim Horton has a desperate need for labor but is turning down large number of applicants, the labor being asked for is not being proffered at the wage being paid, and the alternative (not filling the position and then complaining that you can't help) is better than hiring. That is the only reasonable conclusion I can draw.

VLM 4y ago

The epitome of privilege is assuming everyone has house servants to empty their trash cans. My trash cans at home do not empty themselves, nor do I have my hired man do it for me. Yes, I admit elderly living in nursing homes do have hired help empty their trash cans. Is it a sign of society collapse that one-armed individuals and those lacking any upper body strength cannot live in the lap of luxury? Nah, they go be cashiers at the same store. Well, whatabout those too dumb to make change but too smart to get SSDI disability? Whataboutism has become tiresome and as such is no longer effective propaganda.

bittercynic 4y ago
I have worked a job where emptying trash cans was one of my responsibilities, and it is nothing like emptying the trash at home. They're enormous, heavy, usually leaking putrid liquid, and you have to lift them above your head to dump them in a dumpster. Some of the putrid liquid will get in your hair every day, and you won't be able to get rid of the smell until you get to go home and shower in the evening. It's hard to appreciate how bad of a job it is if you haven't done it.
- convolvatron 4y ago
  the worst thing about that smell is it follows you even after the shower.

clearleaf 4y ago

I seriously doubt they "can't find workers." I have a friend who works at a rural Tim Hortons and he described to me the massive stack of applications he spotted as "thicker than the phone book. Like two new packs of printer paper." Despite multiple interviews per week nobody gets hired. They've been on a skeleton crew since last summer. I think it's a total crock that they can't find anyone. More like they can't find anyone good enough, and good enough means willing/able to do 4x more work than anybody with the same job had to do previously. I want to start my own million dollar paranormal challenge, but it's for anyone who can prove a non striking non startup company has suffered due to not being able to find workers. I don't think it's happened a single time since 9/11.

devchix 4y ago
I've heard the same thing on a recent NPR Planet Money podcast: No Shortage of Labor Stories (Dec 2021): https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1065332194 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1065332194 Employers were saying they're desperate to hire, and there are plenty of people applying and not getting hired. It makes no sense. I hear more and more of these mismatched supply-demand anecdata. I can only conclude that there are not honest conversations around hiring; that is, the real requirement for the job is not being conveyed, or at least written down or said out loud. Like you said, if an employer such as Tim Horton has a desperate need for labor but is turning down large number of applicants, the labor being asked for is not being proffered at the wage being paid, and the alternative (not filling the position and then complaining that you can't help) is better than hiring. That is the only reasonable conclusion I can draw.