The career of garbageman or cleaning lady is generally looked down upon by the common people, yet it is the common people’s garbage they are cleaning. The latter should be frowned upon, not the former.
In grade school, teachers would threaten students with the prospect of having to be a garbage collector if they didn’t pay attention in school. Meanwhile, the garbage collectors were making more than the teachers.
When I was growing up, being a garbage collector paid well enough to own a house and send kids to college. It was a bit smelly, yes. But it paid well. And because it was a government job (local not federal or state) it was secure and had good benefits. People were not laid off or the city would stink.
Also, this was before a lot of automation so there were more people working on each truck
I do not know how it pays today.
I do not know how it pays today.
Good question. I wonder how much it differs between countries.
