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Has anyone here contracted out their own job?
I'm a long-standing city employee, doing what many would call an "unskilled" job. I got in when the going was good and the union was strong, right before I turned 19. The new guys now are under a different contract, with much lower wages and no pension.
In the private sector, the same job is often done for minimum wage, usually by recent arrivals. What's to stop me from just hiring one of those arrivals for minimum wage (or minimum wage plus 25 cents, to attract applicants) and sending them to work in my stead? Work gets done, practically impossible to get fired from the job (thanks, union!), a job seeker finds gainful employment, and I still keep over half my wages, complete benefits, plus full pension. It's win-win-win-win. The job is primarily outdoors with minimal supervision. I'd just hand el hombre my badge and punch code number.
"But Tété Amàre," you ask. "You're a wealthy landowner, a tennis club proprietor, a landlord, some kind of store owner and order packing facility manager. Why do you have a full-time job as well?"
It's simple. I got it before any of those things, and when I decided to do those things, I kept my job, for the guaranteed job security, seniority-based raises over the decades, unparalleled pension and early retirement. The land is rented out to neighbour farmers and requires no time, other than defending it from trespassers. I divested my share of the tennis club when it was forcibly shut down for global health reasons, a GM runs the store, and the facility management is basically a hobby after hours. Landlording isn't really a job, it's passive income like your stock portfolio. The city job is a strict 37.5 hours per week, days, no weekends. But now I think it is time to devote no time to it as well, and this is where my contractor friend comes in.
Do you foresee any obstacles?
I'm a long-standing city employee, doing what many would call an "unskilled" job. I got in when the going was good and the union was strong, right before I turned 19. The new guys now are under a different contract, with much lower wages and no pension.
In the private sector, the same job is often done for minimum wage, usually by recent arrivals. What's to stop me from just hiring one of those arrivals for minimum wage (or minimum wage plus 25 cents, to attract applicants) and sending them to work in my stead? Work gets done, practically impossible to get fired from the job (thanks, union!), a job seeker finds gainful employment, and I still keep over half my wages, complete benefits, plus full pension. It's win-win-win-win. The job is primarily outdoors with minimal supervision. I'd just hand el hombre my badge and punch code number.
"But Tété Amàre," you ask. "You're a wealthy landowner, a tennis club proprietor, a landlord, some kind of store owner and order packing facility manager. Why do you have a full-time job as well?"
It's simple. I got it before any of those things, and when I decided to do those things, I kept my job, for the guaranteed job security, seniority-based raises over the decades, unparalleled pension and early retirement. The land is rented out to neighbour farmers and requires no time, other than defending it from trespassers. I divested my share of the tennis club when it was forcibly shut down for global health reasons, a GM runs the store, and the facility management is basically a hobby after hours. Landlording isn't really a job, it's passive income like your stock portfolio. The city job is a strict 37.5 hours per week, days, no weekends. But now I think it is time to devote no time to it as well, and this is where my contractor friend comes in.
Do you foresee any obstacles?
