"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
08/08/2019 at 19:45 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
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Need work?
$45k per year to milk cows ain’t bad at all.
CB
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 19:48 |
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Six days a week? But how long are the weekends?
WilliamsSW
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 19:52 |
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Yeah and how much OT IS that to get to $ 45k?
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> WilliamsSW
08/08/2019 at 19:55 |
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Exactly. That sounds pretty awful if the base is more like $30k. Wayyyy too many damn hours.
dogisbadob
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 19:56 |
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What’s a
high floor farm?
4kc
> dogisbadob
08/08/2019 at 19:57 |
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Slightly above the shit instead of in it
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 19:59 |
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$45k for that many hours, in California...
DipodomysDeserti
> WilliamsSW
08/08/2019 at 20:07 |
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Agricultural workers used to not even be eligible for time and a half in CA. Still true for other parts of the country.
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WilliamsSW
> DipodomysDeserti
08/08/2019 at 20:08 |
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Jeez that’s ridiculous.
Note to self - don’t underestimate the farm lobby.
The Snowman
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:10 |
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Did the math on this and you only need to work 840 hrs of overtime per year to make 45k at $ 13.50/hr that’s only a little over 16 hrs a week of OT . So you could work 365 days in a year and barely have to average over 8hrs a day. I would say these facts make this a pretty shit job. Oh and you have to constantly switch from day to night shift that’s a great benefit.
SmugAardvark
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:11 |
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$13.50/hour comes out to $28,080/year working a 40 hour week.
If they pay time and a half for OT, you would have to work 16 hours of OT per week to reach $45,000/year. So effectively, you’d work 8 hours a day, every single day, for an entire year with no time off for weekends or holidays just to almost hit that mark before taxes .
As much as I love milk, I think I’ll just keep my current job. Good looking out though!
M.T. Blake
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:16 |
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I wonder how much an attorney representing the milkers makes? Hmmm.
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DipodomysDeserti
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:22 |
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No way I’d teach for 56 hours a week, every week, for $45k a year.
[thinks about how much time I spend at home writing lesson plans and grading papers]
Shit.
For real though, you’re gonna have to bust your ass for that $45k. At least they get time and a half now.
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dogisbadob
> The Snowman
08/08/2019 at 20:25 |
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Yup! And no shift differential, either
An
y benefits?
Probably not
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:30 |
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For all y’all talking about the hours needed to earn $45K/yr, welcome to farming. This time of year Mrs. Boost and I literally work dawn to dusk. That’s ~6am to ~8pm... 14 hour days. Our small farm nets about ~35K/yr.
For Sweden
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:39 |
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Wheat farming has cooler vehicles tbh
f86sabre
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:45 |
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Holstein cows are the cool kids of the cow world.
My family had a small dairy farm for a few years when I was a kid. It was fun then, but I wouldn’t want to do it now.
Chariotoflove
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 20:57 |
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I might.
7:07
> For Sweden
08/08/2019 at 21:06 |
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It’s way harder to milk the wheat than it is a cow, though
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For Sweden
> 7:07
08/08/2019 at 21:07 |
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Not if you know what you are doing
subexpression
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 21:07 |
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I’m not sure many of the farms in the area where I grew u p could pay a farmhand $45k today . There is probably still a heavy reliance on help from their kids and an occasional part-time high schooler .
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 21:23 |
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I should get a paying job but I’m too lazy to be a proper farmer. The dairy in the city a couple of hours south of here is hiring...
AU$70k to $90k per annum.
The milk price in California is set by the State? Really?! That’s... unusual in this day and age.
nermal
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 21:32 |
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That’s honestly not that bad for somebody that can manage their finances.
According to my math, that will work out to $2.5 - $3k / month after taxes. That’s..... about the same as somebody with a $70k job and $1k / month in debt payments from credit cards / student loans / etc.
Plus you get to deal with cows instead of people.
fintail
> ImmoralMinority
08/08/2019 at 22:15 |
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If housing is included (and an assumed short commute), probably not the worst thing in the world. Lots of hours though.