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I think you've answered your question :) None wants to do it, so the companies have to pay a lot of money. Now, you might ask, none wants to be the garbage man
by inerte 18y ago
I think you've answered your question :) None wants to do it, so the companies have to pay a lot of money.
Now, you might ask, none wants to be the garbage man, and their salay is crap. But it's a low barrier job to entry, and its employer doesn't have a lot of money, plus there's no specialization or the applicants don't can't receive better job offers elsewhere.
On a related note, COBOL programmers are well paid these days, but none wants to program in COBOL anymore. Kinda the same situation.
- hapless 18y agoGarbage men are actually paid extremely well in the United States. I don't know a single developer in my area who makes as much money as a garbage man does with overtime.
- mattchew 18y agoOne of the guys that trimmed my maple tree this fall used to be a garbage man, and he said the hours were terrible and the pay wasn't very good. This surprised me because I also thought garbage men made pretty good money. We do have competing trash services here, perhaps that makes a difference. Just a data point.