Why shouldn't we strike?

[CoryAndTrevor]

How much would you like? give a number 40-45 an hour what?

I already said, I'd be fine with 50 to 60 during peak, 40 to 50 the rest of the year.

Who told you we work 60 hour weeks?....
.... I used to average 57 hrs for numerous years.

You told me, just now.

 

[CoryAndTrevor]

The majority of people work 9 to 5?


I only know one person that pulls those hours consistently and she doesn't make .

Apparently I was misinformed. I did some reading around the innernette, and yeah the consensus does seem to be that 9 to 5 is a thing of the past. My dad, with an engineering degree, has worked 9 to 5, sometimes 9 to 6, for the past forty years, so I guess I just assumed it was normal. That plus the Dolly Parton song.

Point being, it's ing stupid to work your life away.

That's just called life.

In America, yes it is. Now I'm not saying I'd rather live in Europe (although I may just do that if Trump gets another 4 years), but the tendency to overwork is not a fact of life, it's an American cultural thing. Not the same in Europe.

U.S. Workers Put in Staggeringly More Hours Than Europeans Do

 

[Chilly Willie]

First off. Shut up with that and 90% of my co workers are overpaid. No educated fools pulling in 80,000+ with benifits...

What are the benefits? we work 60 plus hours per week all year long. if you have 8 hours available on Friday you have to work Saturday. People have a physical breaking point, and sometimes its not just about the money, its about a quality of life... some places 80 K is below the poverty line.

 

[Chilly Willie]

Have we ever thought about changing things up? I was thinking in order to help get the attention of the public we have a naked strike. Thoughts?

Have you seen some of the New Hires... no one, I mean NO one wants to see them Naked... and the old drivers.... oh hell NOOOOO!

 

[Indecisi0n]

Have you seen some of the New Hires... no one, I mean NO one wants to see them Naked... and the old drivers.... oh hell NOOOOO!

Some of them are very young and spry.

 

[PT Car Washer]

What are the benefits? we work 60 plus hours per week all year long. if you have 8 hours available on Friday you have to work Saturday. People have a physical breaking point, and sometimes its not just about the money, its about a quality of life... some places 80 K is below the poverty line.

Where do you live that $80k/yr is below the poverty line. We have drivers that everyday are back to the building by 5 PM.

 

[1989]

Where do you live that $80k/yr is below the poverty line. We have drivers that everyday are back to the building by 5 PM.

At 80K a year, one can qualify for a 500K house.

 

[Future]

Some of them are very young and spry.

Settle down trigger

 

[Indecisi0n]

Settle down trigger

Sorry, I get excited easily.

 

[JL 0513]

Apparently I was misinformed. I did some reading around the innernette, and yeah the consensus does seem to be that 9 to 5 is a thing of the past. My dad, with an engineering degree, has worked 9 to 5, sometimes 9 to 6, for the past forty years, so I guess I just assumed it was normal. That plus the Dolly Parton song.

Point being, it's ing stupid to work your life away.

Most people that get out at 5 start at 8am. It's state law in many states to take a 1 hour lunch. So to get your 40 hrs means being at work for 45 hours a week. That's minimum, no overtime.

In America, yes it is. Now I'm not saying I'd rather live in Europe (although I may just do that if Trump gets another 4 years), but the tendency to overwork is not a fact of life, it's an American cultural thing. Not the same in Europe.

U.S. Workers Put in Staggeringly More Hours Than Europeans Do

People love to compare us to Europe. Why do you think our GDP is more than all of Europe combined while Europe has 2.3X the population of the US? We enjoy our standard of living and work for it. How homes are twice the size, our cars are twice the size. Everything is bigger and better here.

 

[JL 0513]

What are the benefits? we work 60 plus hours per week all year long. if you have 8 hours available on Friday you have to work Saturday. People have a physical breaking point, and sometimes its not just about the money, its about a quality of life... some places 80 K is below the poverty line.

You're telling me that drivers punch out at 10pm every night? Give me a break.

 

[1989]

You're telling me that drivers punch out at 10pm every night? Give me a break.

I worked 43 hours last week + 2 hours bone us.

 

[upschuck]

At 80K a year, one can qualify for a 500K house.

It was 2.5x income when I got mine.

 

[1989]

It was 2.5x income when I got mine.

Paid 105K for my first house, 3 bd, 2 ba, 1200sf. With a great 7.5.% interest rate. Working as a pt sup.

 

[upschuck]

Paid 105K for my first house, 3 bd, 2 ba, 1200sf. With a great 7.5.% interest rate. Working as a pt sup.

Think my first was maybe 10.5, and refinanced to 7. Thought that was great.

 

[1989]

Think my first was maybe 10.5, and refinanced to 7. Thought that was great.

It was back then.

 

[JL 0513]

Paid 105K for my first house, 3 bd, 2 ba, 1200sf. With a great 7.5.% interest rate. Working as a pt sup.

7.5% great? I guess compared to the Carter years!

My mortgage is a 3.25%.

 

[JL 0513]

I worked 43 hours last week + 2 hours bone us.

There's a good 10 routes in my building that average just 42 hours a week.

 

[1989]

7.5% great? I guess compared to the Carter years!

My mortgage is a 3.25%.

1992/93

 

[1989]

7.5% great? I guess compared to the Carter years!

My mortgage is a 3.25%.

It was assumable too.