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Bxgrl, the people who criticize union workers on this site, sometimes are exaggerating, sometimes are creating bait to start juicy arguments, sometimes are being jerks, sometimes are trying to be comics, sometimes are being pissed about pension abuses in general, sometimes are being jealous that they too don’t have the pensions. If you don’t think of Sanitation workers as victims, good.
Donatella, one of the reasons sanitation workers have job satisfaction is because they have a GOOD UNION! Otherwise they would be victims of the same kind of “sustained abuse and psychological torture” as your cousin’s husband, plus they’d have to pick up the garbage and plow the snow.
Bullshit I am- I most certainly do not think of them as victims. I’m telling you how I saw them treated and reading what’s being said here. I suggest you read some of those comments before you start analyzing mine (incorrectly I might add.)
Bxgrl, you are painting a picture of Sanitation workers as victims. And I don’t think they are. Hey, in the pecking order of status, everybody falls somewhere and I have NEVER known a Sanitation worker who described himself that way. My sister-in-laws father who passed away in his 80s last year was a burly, happy guy and part of a society of burly, happy guys who worked hard, was a manly guy, and took good care of his family.
In contrast, my cousin’s husband probably fits into a “master of the universe” category, made a lot of money running a derivatives trading operation, has been laid off many times….he too is a good family person, a nice man. He had a good run the last job — 14 years in one job, but topped off by the most horrible period of sustained abuse and psychological torture as part of a merger which effectively scattered his family and left him in the end, screwed until he decided to sue.
Pick your poison. Ultimately, that is the toxicity of the cruel world you find in some jobs that you will never find with Sanitation workers.
Why is it out of line? Compared to some of the outrageous wall Street salaries, lawyers salaries, etc, I don’t think so. I know admin ass’ts who make more and don’t have to be out in all kinds of weather dealing with backbreaking work dealing with stinky, gross garbage.
Bxgrl, the people who criticize union workers on this site, sometimes are exaggerating, sometimes are creating bait to start juicy arguments, sometimes are being jerks, sometimes are trying to be comics, sometimes are being pissed about pension abuses in general, sometimes are being jealous that they too don’t have the pensions. If you don’t think of Sanitation workers as victims, good.
Donatella, one of the reasons sanitation workers have job satisfaction is because they have a GOOD UNION! Otherwise they would be victims of the same kind of “sustained abuse and psychological torture” as your cousin’s husband, plus they’d have to pick up the garbage and plow the snow.
Ive seen some lawyers in action who are so stupid I doubt if they could figure out how to pick up garbage.
Bullshit I am- I most certainly do not think of them as victims. I’m telling you how I saw them treated and reading what’s being said here. I suggest you read some of those comments before you start analyzing mine (incorrectly I might add.)
Bxgrl, you are painting a picture of Sanitation workers as victims. And I don’t think they are. Hey, in the pecking order of status, everybody falls somewhere and I have NEVER known a Sanitation worker who described himself that way. My sister-in-laws father who passed away in his 80s last year was a burly, happy guy and part of a society of burly, happy guys who worked hard, was a manly guy, and took good care of his family.
In contrast, my cousin’s husband probably fits into a “master of the universe” category, made a lot of money running a derivatives trading operation, has been laid off many times….he too is a good family person, a nice man. He had a good run the last job — 14 years in one job, but topped off by the most horrible period of sustained abuse and psychological torture as part of a merger which effectively scattered his family and left him in the end, screwed until he decided to sue.
Pick your poison. Ultimately, that is the toxicity of the cruel world you find in some jobs that you will never find with Sanitation workers.
Legion- what the hell are you talking about???????
Why is it out of line? Compared to some of the outrageous wall Street salaries, lawyers salaries, etc, I don’t think so. I know admin ass’ts who make more and don’t have to be out in all kinds of weather dealing with backbreaking work dealing with stinky, gross garbage.
bxgrl,
…I don’t see why you insist on demeaning sanitation workers.
Back injuries are a real problem for some.
“After 5 and half years of service, sanitation salaries can reach nearly $60,000.”
That’s absolutely ridiculous. I’m sorry, but that’s way out of line and a perfect example of why City finances are so fucked up.