Garbage men are making good money

[~primetime~]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/24/news...pay/index.html

"Your trash is my money," Molina, 32, says with a baby-faced grin.

Molina made $112,000 last year as a garbage truck driver and Sankar made $100,000 as a helper, riding on the back of the truck. Their wages have grown in eight of the last nine years, according to their bosses, brothers David and Jerry Antonacci, owners of Crown Container, a waste management company.

Molina dropped out of high school in the 10th grade and he's worked at Crown for 10 years. He says his starting salary was about $80,000. Sankar too dropped out of school before migrating to the U.S. from Guyana 20 years ago.

Guess it makes sense, would be an awful job so you have to attract employees somehow.

[Draz]

Was this not common sense? Here in NY they make a killing. Make more than a dam BA degree off the back. Talked to a guy who I worked with at my last job who was a retired garbage man, said he made a killing.

[iamgine]

That's it, garbage here I come!

[NumberSix]

A lot of people is the garbage business seem to have Italian names. Weird.

[~primetime~]

Was this not common sense?

I had no idea...

[imdaman99]

Too much competition and waiting list to be a garbage man here in NYC Honestly, I'd rather do that than an office job...

[Draz]

It's a long list for sanitation though. A lot of my friends are enlisted, it's honestly something to consider. Outside of garbage men, real estate is probably another realistic choice without a degree

[iamgine]

A lot of people is the garbage business seem to have Italian names. Weird.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/30738...rbage-industry

[Draz]

Too much competition and waiting list to be a garbage man here in NYC Honestly, I'd rather do that than an office job...

Yep. Just like any MTA job.

[JohnnySic]

These types of jobs are hard get. Its all connections - family, friends.

[Draz]

Guy was like 65, physically fit asf because of being a garbage man. Said on snow days he'd go in for 2-3 hours and make enough for the day, come home after.

A lot of people are getting into the garbage disposal business themselves, I've witnessed them make serious money. They rent or buy their own truck and go around collecting themselves.

[~primetime~]

That job seems ridiculously simple. It's an awful job reputation-wise, but the pay is great for the work you have to put in.

These people dropped out of High School, too... There're people out of college in debt who aspire to get a six-figure paying job, these HS dropouts are in their early 30s making $100,000.

they're around garbage all day though

hard to envy that

[NumberSix]

InB4 feminists bitching about women being underrepresented in those sweet garbage jobs. It must be a sexist conspiracy.

[Stout]

Garbage men have made good money as long as I've been alive.

[Draz]

they're around garbage all day though

hard to envy that

I feel like kids under 19 won't understand the value of the job or the capabilities of what the earnings can be. They disrespect the job off of the given name. Up until you're searching for jobs they recognize how brilliant it is


I'm not completely sold on the job for the next 40 years though. I see the city cutting back on pay because it's not a skilled job. Which is why even if I had the opportunity to quit my BA to do it, I'd probably not. Don't know how secure the jobs pay will be long term