Have you ever thought about how we decide what a job is worth? To me, a buck a shirt at the cleaners is well worth not having to wash and iron shirts, and I'm at the stage in my life where I'd rather pay someone to wash the high windows and clean out the gutters.
"The Girls" on WGN were talking about how we set salaries. They felt that we should consider the following guidelines: If you love your job you get pennies to do it. If you have a dreadful job, you get $6,000,000 for it.
For instance:
JLo....nothing. Portapotty cleaners...6 mil.
Ben Afflick ...nothing.
Garbage truck drivers...6 mil.
Dubya...nothing
Commercial fishermen...6 mil.
Hillary...nothing
cleaning ladies..
6 mil.
ANY corporate CEO ...nothing
ANYone who cares for a sick child...
6 mil.
Ahhnold....nothing
ANYone who puts the "fast" in food service, especially with a smile...6 mil.
I'm sure you have your own thoughts on who deserves their salary and who doesn't.
I've been watching Star Trek First Contact, and Picard has to explain to the woman from earth that people no longer work for wages, that they all work toward the greater good.
I've always felt that line was horse hockey. I think every human being is competitive and most of us want more than we presently have. Even the wealthy feel that way.
I really like the idea that the nastier a job is, the more valuable it becomes. That means that teachers would be paid more! YES!!
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...oddly - I wish teachers were paid more so that we got the best teachers not just for more money...I was quite happy with my wage (no, really) and sometimes it is hard to value job satisfaction :^)...it was my colleagues that annoyed me the most :^(...
Posted by billy | October 10, 2003 10:20 AM
Posted on October 10, 2003 10:20
If there were one set of professionals that I would happily pay more here (had I the power), it would be Nurses. Our Nurses are excellent and grossly underpaid, no wonder they go to the UK, Canada and the US and do so well.
Of course our government does not recognize or care about this (and the same will soon be happening to all our good doctors).
Sorry to have strayed a bit from the point here.
Posted by Dr. D. | October 10, 2003 6:48 PM
Posted on October 10, 2003 18:48
I work for the greater good of our household. Which, oddly enough, means that I have to work for a salary.
Posted by bogie | October 11, 2003 7:06 AM
Posted on October 11, 2003 07:06
I do too, bogie, but I get to work out of my home to do it.
Posted by Buffy | October 11, 2003 5:58 PM
Posted on October 11, 2003 17:58