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Binmen earn £30k?

My friend just told me binmen earn £30k a year to which I laughed but then did a quick google search to find out he was right? Why do they earn this much!!?

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Reply 1

Fusion

Where there's muck there's brass

Reply 2

Democracy

What did you expect them to earn? A pittance just because you look down on their job?

Living costs are expensive nowadays, salaries have risen to meet this. Being a binman is a physical job, they work hard and we'd literally all be in the **** without them.

If you want to complain about disproportionate salaries there are plenty of better examples e.g. footballers.

Reply 3

Hylean

Original post by Charzhino

My friend just told me binmen earn £30k a year to which I laughed but then did a quick google search to find out he was right? Why do they earn this much!!?

Have you seen what they do? I think it's only fair they get paid that much, considering what they do and the **** they take for it.

Reply 4

Chicharito14

They get paid pretty well for what they do. So much to speak, that there is a waiting list for it believe it or not!

Reply 5

mirin?

I respect that, these guys aren't afraid to get their hands dirty.

Reply 6

Aspiringlawstudent

I doubt it's that much.

Reply 7

Oh my Ms. Coffey

They get paid well for doing a pretty physical job. I can kind of see the appeal, the binmen around my area are always running from point to point, at least its not an office job.

Reply 8

dom99

Thats as ludicrus as tube drivers earning 40k a year

Reply 9

Arcanine

Yeah bin men clean up. :emo:

Reply 10

Nightstar-27

Why shouldn't they get paid a decent amount? Their job is rather important and hardly easy.

Reply 11

Mickey Bricks

Original post by Charzhino

My friend just told me binmen earn £30k a year to which I laughed but then did a quick google search to find out he was right? Why do they earn this much!!?

Binmen earn more than teachers.

In an article, binmen in Birmingham were earning up to and above 45k.

In London, 30k is a common salary, just for normal binmen.

Sometimes I cba with ucl and just want an easy life, working 2 hours a day every morning, taking a shower and having the rest of the day of, yet raking in a teachers pay, i've genuinely considered it, like in depth :sad:

Reply 12

DiscoPirate

A Binman once did a little poo in our next door neighbour's bin. Apparently they knew each other and were having a dispute.

I, to this day, don't see what he acheived from doing this. :s-smilie:

Reply 13

Oh my Ms. Coffey

Original post by Aspiringlawstudent

I doubt it's that much.

http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2011/01/12/birmingham-binmen-earn-up-to-45-000-a-year-with-overtime-deals-65233-27970469/

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/852581-binmen-in-birmingham-paid-225-000-in-a-single-year

Reply 14

Mickey Bricks

Original post by Nightstar-27

Why shouldn't they get paid a decent amount? Their job is rather important and hardly easy.

What's so difficult about it? (Genuinely curious btw, not meaning to sound harsh to them)

Reply 15

Arcanine

Original post by Aspiringlawstudent

I doubt it's that much.

They earn very close to it. Google it and see for yourself.

Reply 16

liaf

Original post by Democracy

What did you expect them to earn? A pittance just because you look down on their job?....If you want to complain about disproportionate salaries there are plenty of better examples e.g. footballers.

I think the point is that £30k (a teacher's salary) is earned by essentially throwing bags into a truck. Putting the age-old "work hard in school or else you'll end up a bin man" mentality aside, I can't think of many jobs that require less skill.