Comment on it's a matter of motivation

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Chainweasel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Same, 6 years from 2005-2011, $7.50 an hour for a call was great money in 2005. I think we were up to $10 by the time I quit

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I was thinking that was shit money, but I was making $2.13 as a waiter in 1999-2000, so that’s about right. I made $5.15 when min wage was finally raised to $7.25, where it’s been for almost 20 years.

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• bearboiblake@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Out of curiosity, would you still have done it if it wasn’t paid?

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Hell yeah! I didn’t even know I would be getting paid until I went down to the station to ask how I sign up.

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    • bearboiblake@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Good for you! Thanks for being a good human <3

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Most firefighters in the U.S. are volunteer, and make no money at all. Being paid per call is not the norm.

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• kungen@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Isn’t it just a small stipend? Nothing you could live on, even if houses were burning down 40 hours a week.

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