Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ...
by dragonwriter on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:45PM
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> The economics of it are very different here.
The experience that they have had trying to hire for the position at the comoens5 they are offering suggests that that is less true than you seem to think.
> I’d have to check, but as of last year our McDonalds was paying $14 / hour.
$14/hr is about $28k/year, which is $10k/year more than the cash pay of the job you are talking about. Sure, the house and allowed personal use of the truck adds some value, but especially for the house realistically less than the what the standalone rental value would be for the house otherwise, because the people taking a job paying $18k/year beyond rent wouldn't be renting a 3 bedroom farmhouse if it wasn't part of the compensation-in-lieu-of-wages of their job.
> Honestly… if I were single, I’d probably make a pitch to take the job while working remotely as a “day job.”
So, maybe their problem is advertising to people who need the pay of a primary job and not single remote-working tech workers looking for a side gig. (Certainly, the added value of the house would be less wasted on the latter group.)
The experience that they have had trying to hire for the position at the comoens5 they are offering suggests that that is less true than you seem to think.
> I’d have to check, but as of last year our McDonalds was paying $14 / hour.
$14/hr is about $28k/year, which is $10k/year more than the cash pay of the job you are talking about. Sure, the house and allowed personal use of the truck adds some value, but especially for the house realistically less than the what the standalone rental value would be for the house otherwise, because the people taking a job paying $18k/year beyond rent wouldn't be renting a 3 bedroom farmhouse if it wasn't part of the compensation-in-lieu-of-wages of their job.
> Honestly… if I were single, I’d probably make a pitch to take the job while working remotely as a “day job.”
So, maybe their problem is advertising to people who need the pay of a primary job and not single remote-working tech workers looking for a side gig. (Certainly, the added value of the house would be less wasted on the latter group.)