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Has anyone tried paying more? These jobs are usually extremely low tier pay. Seems like a no brainer.
by LargeDiggerNick 3y ago
Has anyone tried paying more? These jobs are usually extremely low tier pay. Seems like a no brainer.
- nvr219 3y agoI'm guessing they did not try doing this.
- missedthecue 3y agoHow much would it take before you go work pouring concrete? As in, the minimum you'd take to start.
- tayo42 3y ago100/hr part time work, health care covered, unlimited pto and 401k match while living where i live now. id heavily consider it
- missedthecue 3y agoSo $200k a year before overtime, plus $50k in benefits. The construction industry cannot afford that even with 0% profit margins, and society cannot afford the construction industry to raise quotes high enough to fund that. New homes and city infrastructure projects are already at nosebleed prices.
- Ancalagon 3y agoYou asked and op answered honestly. Most people on HN recognize the value of their labor and won't take a lower paying _desk job_ than what they know they're worth, much less a backbreaking labor job that will likely ruin their health long term.
- applied_heat 3y agoUnlimited paid time off? Why show up at all? This does not exist in the world I live in (utilities)
- tayo42 3y agothats not how it works. you just dont accumulate or lose time off so theres no game playing about how much you have. if your sick, you take off, no stress about how many days. have an appointment, you just go, it doesn't eat into your vacation time. the time off still gets approved.
- applied_heat 3y agoAh, so an employee is still allotted 3 or 4 weeks of vacation time
- LargeDiggerNick 3y agoIf I had no education or other skills, I'd do it for 30 bucks an hour with the same benefits office workers get like health care, pto, sick days, and guaranteed concern for safety. This is not a high bar. 30 bucks an hour is just above a basic living wage. These dudes are not only ruining their bodies in unsafe conditions they're doing it for 15 bucks an hour. And they're destroying themselves for peanuts because they're competing against immigrants who will allow themselves to be treated like animals because they come from a country that treats it's citizens like animals. Americans are being pitted against immigrants in a massive race to the bottom to see who is ok with being treated like shit the most. We should have a higher standard here.