Who is higher up on the food chain? A cashier or a janitor? (bankrupt, insurance)

[TuborgP]

Originally Posted by Hamish Forbes

A question like this makes sense only ceteris paribus -- a Burger King cashier vs a Burger King janitor, for example.

Dada Bing! I mean a lot of public sector janitors working for the right public sector employee are retired in their early 60's with health care benefits and their pension. Some in their late 50"s. Now in retirement circles that is prestige.

[packer43064]

Laughable.

[animalcrazy]

We were just talking to one of the cashiers yesterday at our local grocery store. She said that she was still working for minimum wage with no paid vacations. She hasn't had a vacation in 4 years because she can't afford to take an unpaid leave. Don't some janitors get medical benefits and paid vacations? Do they make more then minimum wage?

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by animalcrazy

Don't some janitors get medical benefits and paid vacations?
Do they make more then minimum wage?

Some cashiers do as well.

It seems to depend on how strong their union is.
Left to their own devices it seems they'll never get anything.

[Litlove71]

Janitors have better starting salaries than teachers in some districts.

[TuborgP]

Originally Posted by Litlove71

Janitors have better starting salaries than teachers in some districts.

Quite possible, especially if teacher salary is one of the lower ones and janitors are paid for 12 months and not 10.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

They are on different social hierarchies. The cashier doesn't get to give orders to the janitor and the janitor doesn't give orders to the cashier. Even if they work in the same building, they are probbaly working for different companies. Janitorial work is very often contracted out.

Janitor positions generally pay a lot better.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Also, there are a lot of businesses where the cashier does the janitorial work during the moments when there are no customers.

[Hamish Forbes]

One of my old friends from the Midwest (say Cleveland for discussion) worked as a garbage man during summer vacations in his undergraduate days, and later got a PhD at a top-5 (in the field) university. He then went to work for MegaCorp.

In those days, MegaCorp would send a press release to your hometown newspaper if you were promoted to a certain key level. When my friend reached that level, he asked that the press release be titled "Former Cleveland Garbage Man Makes Good."

Surprisingly , MegaCorp had very little sense of humor, and instead titled the press release "Dr. (his name) promoted to (rank) at MegaCorp."

[bobtn]

Originally Posted by Midpack

Neither. There are no bad jobs, only jobs done badly.