jobs in USA
Jul 19th 2005, 6:55 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Think folks would be surprised what people taking tips in the service industries can earn. Sure, there are plenty earning bum wages. But find the right position in the right place and with the right smile and right attitude and you can take the figures mentioned here and more.
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Jul 19th 2005, 7:01 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by iaink
You tip the gas guy??? Never done that here in Canada...even when its -30C!
Never! Get my own gas, always! Service at the pumps round here ain't common.
But was thinking of the service industries in general: waitressing, parking valet, hotel and spa industry, hairdressers, etc. I've seen their W2s, and some of them earn far more than your average college graduate would in an office job.
Jul 19th 2005, 7:02 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by iaink
You tip the gas guy??? Never done that here in Canada...even when its -30C!...which is the only time I pay the extra for full serve anyway. (scottish ancestry )
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Jul 19th 2005, 7:35 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Think folks would be surprised what people taking tips in the service industries can earn. Sure, there are plenty earning bum wages. But find the right position in the right place and with the right smile and right attitude and you can take the figures mentioned here and more.
Jul 19th 2005, 7:47 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by krizzy
$80 is a bit low for the Boston area.....but more normal nowadays... since no-ones been given a pay rise up here for years.......everyone is moving down South.....
We're going back to North Carolina. Yes, there are the obvious disadvantages (i.e. it's North Carolina) but I can get paid just about the same for my skills as in WA, and buy a nice house for 200k.
True, the lifestyle is very different and well miss the easy going west coast, but I have a family to think about and at least this way we'll be able to live comfortably....
Jul 19th 2005, 7:51 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
I'm arranging an interview at Hooters as I write.
Jul 19th 2005, 8:23 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by Big Vern
I'm just in the process of doing precisely that -- there's loads of IT work in the WA area, companies are falling over themselves to pay 75-95k for IT consultants, but when an average house costs over half a mil it doesn't go far...
We're going back to North Carolina. Yes, there are the obvious disadvantages (i.e. it's North Carolina) but I can get paid just about the same for my skills as in WA, and buy a nice house for 200k.
True, the lifestyle is very different and well miss the easy going west coast, but I have a family to think about and at least this way we'll be able to live comfortably....
We're going back to North Carolina. Yes, there are the obvious disadvantages (i.e. it's North Carolina) but I can get paid just about the same for my skills as in WA, and buy a nice house for 200k.
True, the lifestyle is very different and well miss the easy going west coast, but I have a family to think about and at least this way we'll be able to live comfortably....
Jul 19th 2005, 8:38 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by anotherlimey
Mmmmm $18 per hour for working a petrol pump...
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...that's like $37000 a year for saying hello.
I'm pretty sure pumping petrol would be a minimum wage job.
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......that's like $37000 a year for saying hello.
I'm pretty sure pumping petrol would be a minimum wage job.
Jul 19th 2005, 8:42 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by ironporer
No wonder the *****ing gas prices are so high. $18 an hour for some illiterate to ring me up seems a bit high. It also seems a bit odd that he says 3-4 K for a job that requires little education (36-48K/yr)....
Jul 19th 2005, 9:16 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by ironporer
No wonder the *****ing gas prices are so high.
I'm paying 92c canadian / liter..which is $2.84 US/gal God alone knows what it is in the UK..80p?/ liter...works out at 
$5.26 per US gal!!!!Man. thats a sobering thought!
Jul 19th 2005, 9:18 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by iaink
Where? In the US?....you are kidding right I'm paying 92c canadian / liter..which is $2.84 US/gal God alone knows what it is in the UK..80p?/ liter...works out at $5.26 per US gal!!!!
Man. thats a sobering thought!
I'm paying 92c canadian / liter..which is $2.84 US/gal God alone knows what it is in the UK..80p?/ liter...works out at $5.26 per US gal!!!!Man. thats a sobering thought!
Yep -- but most folks in the UK don't drive an 8-cylinder house on wheels with the AC on all the time, and it's not 100 miles just to the next town.
Jul 19th 2005, 9:21 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Yep -- but most folks in the UK don't drive an 8-cylinder house on wheels with the AC on all the time, and it's not 100 miles just to the next town.
AC in the summer cos its 35°C, 45 with the humidity, and AC in the winter to clear the windscreen faster!
Jul 19th 2005, 9:36 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by Manc
not exactly the same as asking if someone needs regular or premium though is it?
Jul 19th 2005, 9:39 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
I get $300 an hour for working the corner down the road; beat that.
Jul 19th 2005, 10:39 pm
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Re: jobs in USA
Originally Posted by Big Vern
I'm just in the process of doing precisely that -- there's loads of IT work in the WA area, companies are falling over themselves to pay 75-95k for IT consultants, but when an average house costs over half a mil it doesn't go far...
We're going back to North Carolina. Yes, there are the obvious disadvantages (i.e. it's North Carolina) but I can get paid just about the same for my skills as in WA, and buy a nice house for 200k.
True, the lifestyle is very different and well miss the easy going west coast, but I have a family to think about and at least this way we'll be able to live comfortably....
We're going back to North Carolina. Yes, there are the obvious disadvantages (i.e. it's North Carolina) but I can get paid just about the same for my skills as in WA, and buy a nice house for 200k.
True, the lifestyle is very different and well miss the easy going west coast, but I have a family to think about and at least this way we'll be able to live comfortably....