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I met a janitor years ago who makes well over $100K a year consistantly. I have yet to meet a cashier who makes $100K a year. So yeah, janitor over cashier. This janitor did own his own janitorial business and it was a decent size account.
Perhaps a more apt question on this comparison of generally entry level type service jobs and their respective ranking on the hypothetical 'food chain' of business responsibilities, is whose job is likely to evaporate first due to automation / robotics and who will get more exposure to business activities to get an 'education' while working.
I'd say all things being equal the cashier is long term more viable as all attempts I've experienced so far to automate (i.e. self checkout at grocery stores for example) the cashier / clerk function are not very effective and require a human to verify and be on hand.
The typical janitor activities IMO may be more rapidly eliminated due to automation / robotics (mostly repetitive more easily programmed non customer interaction etc..) such as some variation of iRobot Roomba or say, modular public restrooms that are self cleaning.
So, in the long term I think the cashier / clerk activities - due to various business variables provides 'higher food chain' on long term need as the interaction with customers at purchase and as an additional loss prevention level to transactions and from a overall business model it likely provides more educational insight into a business' operations than the janitor. Although that's not to say an inquisitive janitor working during business hours may not pick up a free 'business model' education. Just that a cashier is likely to experience more tangential exposure to elements of the business operations on regular basis.
Good for her. Do you know the rest of the details in her contract?
You know, something that might put that one factoid into context?
No contract, but annual raises, very good Health Insurance where the employer is paying in excess of the 72% overall US employer average, superb 401k option where profits determine employer share, and it has consitently been more than $2 employer per $1 employee, 6 sick days paid, good employee discounts.
Good for her. Do you know the rest of the details in her contract?
You know, something that might put that one factoid into context?
3 weeks of vacation. There doesn't need to be any context. The person in question is a cashier and gets 3 weeks of vacation. What are you even talking about?
The average American cashier makes $20,230 a year, which in a single-earner household would leave a family of four living under the poverty line.
But if he works the cash registers at QuikTrip, it’s an entirely different story.
The convenience store and gas station chain offers entry-level employees an annual salary of around $40,000, plus benefits.
Those high wages didn’t stop QuikTrip from prospering in a hostile economic climate
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QuikTrip, Trader Joe’s, and Costco operate on a different model, says Ton. "They start with the mentality of seeing employees as assets to be maximized," she says. As a result, their stores boast better operational efficiency and customer service, and those result in better sales. QuikTrip sales per labor hour are two-thirds higher than the average convenience store chain, Ton found, and sales per square foot are over fifty percent higher.
The decision to offer low wages is a choice, not an economic necessity.
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The approach seems like common sense. Keeping shelves stocked and helping customers find merchandise are key to maximizing sales, and it takes human judgment and people skills to execute those tasks effectively. To see what happens when workers are devalued, look no further than Borders or Circuit City. Both big-box retailers saw sales plummet after staff cutbacks, and both ultimately went bankrupt.
Those of us who are part of the Costco cult know how much we value the high quality of their cashiers.
Neither. There are no bad jobs, only jobs done badly. People are not necessarily their jobs, and shouldn't be judged by their jobs alone.
I agree. Do a job well, and you are higher on the food chain that the thieves that are running the banks into the ground and leaching off the taxpayer's money and then throwing a party with the money we bailed them out with. Who is higher on the food chain in that case? Money doesn't equal success or pride. I was watching someone go around empty the trash the other day in a hospital and she was doing a perfect job. Is she lower than the CEO that is most likely some greedy jerk that is costing patients piles of money? Look at how the CEO of Oracle does business if you want to compare. Sure he has tons of money and gets his picture in Forbes as one of the most greedy. Is he successful? I hardly think so. He is an embarrassment, but is getting away with it.
No contract, but annual raises, very good Health Insurance where the employer is paying in excess of the 72% overall US employer average, superb 401k option where profits determine employer share, and it has consitently been more than $2 employer per $1 employee, 6 sick days paid, good employee discounts.
Can you DM me with where she works? I'll pass it on to that cashier. I feel sorry for her.
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