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<blockquote data-quote="laffter" data-source="post: 1203144" data-attributes="member: 43119"><p>We get overtime pay (at the helper rate) when the total for the day exceeds 8 hours (only the first 5 hours of preload count). So, let's say that during peak, I work 6 hours in preload, then I go help for another ~6. My first 3 hours of helping will be at 8.50, everything after that is overtime at 12.75. Slightly better than being an outsider, since they're unlikely to work over 8 hours helping.</p><p></p><p>Last year, my typical meet point was about 8 miles away by local streets- more by highway. At most, it's a 20min drive. Since then, I've gotten my yearly wage increase, but my typical preload paycheck <em>was</em> $200 after taxes. During the last week of October, I started helping, and that rose to the upper 300's. After that, weekly paychecks in the $400's were typical. At my max, I got about ~$650 in a week. That's pocket change compared to driver pay, but going up from 200 to that is a pretty damn big difference. I count on peak every year now to save some money, or buy something I couldn't afford otherwise (like a new computer that I built after my first peak).</p><p></p><p>Of course, to earn something like $650 means sacrificing every bit of personal time including weekends, since I just sleep all day. For the most part, during peak, I sleep about 3 hours a night during the week. Add knee/shin pains to that, it makes for a pretty miserable season, but I'm happy that I did it- when it's all over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="laffter, post: 1203144, member: 43119"] We get overtime pay (at the helper rate) when the total for the day exceeds 8 hours (only the first 5 hours of preload count). So, let's say that during peak, I work 6 hours in preload, then I go help for another ~6. My first 3 hours of helping will be at 8.50, everything after that is overtime at 12.75. Slightly better than being an outsider, since they're unlikely to work over 8 hours helping. Last year, my typical meet point was about 8 miles away by local streets- more by highway. At most, it's a 20min drive. Since then, I've gotten my yearly wage increase, but my typical preload paycheck [I]was[/I] $200 after taxes. During the last week of October, I started helping, and that rose to the upper 300's. After that, weekly paychecks in the $400's were typical. At my max, I got about ~$650 in a week. That's pocket change compared to driver pay, but going up from 200 to that is a pretty damn big difference. I count on peak every year now to save some money, or buy something I couldn't afford otherwise (like a new computer that I built after my first peak). Of course, to earn something like $650 means sacrificing every bit of personal time including weekends, since I just sleep all day. For the most part, during peak, I sleep about 3 hours a night during the week. Add knee/shin pains to that, it makes for a pretty miserable season, but I'm happy that I did it- when it's all over. [/QUOTE]
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