Re: Rolling The Dice On Jobs
- From: lorincantrell@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 01:46:08 -0800 (PST)
On Mar 8, 1:27 am, Don Tiberone <s_knig...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/03/rolling-dice-on-jo...
Rolling The Dice On Jobs
In the wake of yet another miserable jobs report comes news that Ohio
school gets 700 applicants for janitorial job.
MASSILON, Ohio - Evidence of the slumping economy is stacking up
at an Ohio school which has nearly 700 applications for one open
janitorial job.
Officials at Perry Local Schools near Canton in northeast Ohio say
they've extended the deadline until Monday to accommodate the
overwhelming response to the week-old posting.
The full-time position at Edison Junior High School pays $15 to
$16 an hour plus benefits. Superintendent John Richard says many
applicants are laid-off workers with heart-wrenching stories about the
tough economic times.
Perhaps they should reduce the pay to $7 an hour and put two people to
work. I am quite certain there will still be 700 applicants. The odds
of getting lucky become 1:350 instead of 1:700. Of course applications
are still flowing in. The odds will change by Monday.
800 Apply for Water Meter Reader Job
In Tacoma, More than 800 show up for one Water Meter Reader Job.
More than 800 people showed up to take a test for a job as a
Tacoma, Wash., water meter reader. One job.
Tacoma Public Utilities spokeswoman Sonja Hall says 1,400
applications were received when the position was advertised. Typically
the utility receives about 300 to 400 applications for such a job.
About 1,300 of the hopefuls were invited to take an 88-question test.
On Wednesday, some 807 showed up. The job pays $17.76 to $23.56
per hour.
Reading meters is a job that requires essentially no skills yet pays
up to $23.56 per hour. People would be lining up to take it for $8.00
per hour.
That janitor job must be union. No school district anywhere I've
lived would pay that for a janitor. In fact until recently most were
paying just above the soon to be current min wage of $7.25/hour.
As for the meter reader, I can see it being worth that. You're out in
the elements, probably everyday, you have to deal with people on their
own turf, and worse their pets. I don't begrudge my mailman getting
$25/hour (though the guy standing behind the counter doesn't deserve
that much). I bet if they pay less for meter readers they get
annoyingly high turnover. That wage range is probably truly market
driven.
-beaumon
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