Garbage truck work.

I don't know about Canada but most refuse company contract renewals end up resulting in strikes or lockouts . When all is said and done it is more likely concessions will be made and benefits lost .

 

you can play their game; try it and see how it feels- don t like it ? get another job then...or am I missing something ?

 

People in BC sit at the curbside waiting for their garbage collector? That's odd! My old place had BFI pick up our garbage and rarely did I see him deal with people on my street if ever. Might have to deal with the dogs barking though.

Seriously though, try it out and see if it works for you.

 

The money you make in the garbage industry is higher cause well let's face it.. It's garbage.. $21/hr isn't too bad and you can get a raise at the end.. Like said before usually lockouts or strikes happen.... Now I think with BFI it's sound like a crappy deal as far as stat holidays go and vacation.. I mean I don't even know how you can be forced to work a stat holiday that is why it's called statutory holiday.. I would assume if you work a state holiday you would be entitled to overtime pay (1.5x or double time)...

If you can get into a City job they pay a little higher then the private companies... I work at the city and when I was a garbage collector I was making about $10/hr more then most private sector companies... Most of them out here are paying about $18-19/hr plus some also include a tonnage bonus as well.. At the city we get paid for stat holidays and if we work them we also get double pay (so for 8hrs we get triple time, after 8hrs we get double time)...

What would be a good gig is transportation of the waste.. You can make a decent coin doing this if you work for the right company (both public and private sectors).... I am making good money hauling waste for the City.. Now I don't haul garbage just recycling, food waste and yard-waste mostly... Sometimes compost or crushed glass as well... Most companies out here pay decent for hauling trash (union and non-union... company driver or O/O) ...

I would say maybe if you would be interested in advancing into hauling the material then suck it up at BFI and maybe you can eventually get into the haulage section of BFI... Then you could not have to deal with the public anymore... I enjoy collections when I used to do it, you have bad days and good days (ie rain/snow sucks!!!!) ... I use to have residents come out with water or pop on hot days..

 

I make $750 or $800 on a stat, don't mind working them at all. Hauling crude is similar, doesn't matter what other people are celebrating, it's gotta move every day and if it's your scheduled day you work it. No shut downs ever.

 

I'm running a tanker in the Saskatchewan oilfields, hauling produced fluids (oil and water). I work for a o/o who pays me double and a half on stats.

 

He's paying you exactly what the law stipulates.

 

Yes, he doesn't pretend he's doing it by choice. But its amazing how many don't pay it isn't it?