Cap@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhat occupation requires the most education/training only to be very low paid?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down12
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareWhat occupation requires the most education/training only to be very low paid?Cap@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareBilboBargains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 months agoMost science jobs pay garbage. We do it for the love of learning, knowledge and helping others.
minus-squareChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoEMT; I’ve heard that I’m about to get a raise to $17/hr but I think it may just be a carrot to keep me there (currently make $16).
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoIt’s so fucked. I know there are different levels, but the McDonald’s out here in California starts at $20/hr.
minus-squareChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoYep, I could walk into a McDonald’s here and earn at least the same depending on the position. I knew that going into it though.
minus-squaregrasshopper_mouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoThis right here. I took an EMT course at the local community college in 1999, then learned that the pay was minimum wage. Never got a job as an EMT because I needed more money to live.
Emt/paramedic
Most science jobs pay garbage. We do it for the love of learning, knowledge and helping others.
EMT; I’ve heard that I’m about to get a raise to $17/hr but I think it may just be a carrot to keep me there (currently make $16).
It’s so fucked. I know there are different levels, but the McDonald’s out here in California starts at $20/hr.
Yep, I could walk into a McDonald’s here and earn at least the same depending on the position. I knew that going into it though.
This right here. I took an EMT course at the local community college in 1999, then learned that the pay was minimum wage. Never got a job as an EMT because I needed more money to live.