Re: $16 An Hour

Posted by 2002sliverado on March 14, 2018 at 11:25:47 from (216.16.75.34):

In Reply to: $16 An Hour posted by Traditional Farmer on March 14, 2018 at 08:29:01:

I farm part time and I work a full time job/career. Took this afternoon off to do some catch up on some things at home, and peruse through my computer. Been working for others (outside the family farm) in various roles since I was 9 years old. It started with mowing lawns, baling and stacking hay, walking soybeans, and grew to handyman/caretaker type work through college. I am in a managerial role in my job now and have been for quite a few years. Make a very decent wage, but feel a bit burned out in dealing with an ever demanding/over demanding public. As a friend of mine told me some years ago: "The price on pays for a high salary comes from the increasing difficulty of the tasks at hand and the demands from the people you have to deal and work with." How true that is! In my departmental budgets, payroll amounts to a set amount per hour and the fringe benefits and payroll taxes will typically add another thirty percent onto the cost of labor. My wife had the idea she was going to run her own "at home" daycare when we were first married. She thought it was going to be a great way to provide an income comparable to what she was obtaining where she was working. It took her some time to understand all the costs to be self employed, along with the licensing issues. About the time she thought she had that figured out, along with how many kids she could watch over, and make it all cash flow, I asked her about the toll it was going to take on our home. We actually looked into buying a distressed property and fixing it up simply to run a daycare out of it, instead of our home. About the time she thought she could make that cash flow, I asked about insurance for this business, and then she also looked into health insurance for our family, which had been provided to her at no charge at her place of employment. That was the clincher. With what has happened with healthcare and insurance, I am so glad she opted to stay working. As a manager, I see so many people solely look at their after tax paycheck and think the grass is greener on the other side. Little is taken into consideration about employer paid retirement investments, the number of paid holidays, the typical work schedule and if that includes weekends or not, employer paid health care benefits, and other fringe benefits. I have seen employees leave a lot of money on the table since they didn't consider what they had put away into retirement plans, and the fact they left a lot of employer paid dollars on the table before they were wholly vested. I also envy those who have been able to be their own boss, too. As I stated before, the public can be overly demanding, as I have dealt with the public in my regular jobs for nearly 30 years, but I do what I feel I have to do in order to take care of myself and my family. Perhaps there will come a time when I can leave this job behind and enjoy my final working years on the family farm doing what I love to do the most, while having the financial security of a "war chest" I had busted my butt in building since I started my first job out of college.

Replies:

Add a Reply! You must be Logged In to Post Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Optional Video Title: Optional Video URL: Advanced Posting Options Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks. No political comments, hate speech or bigotry of any kind will be tolerated. Violations will be removed and posting privileges may be permanently revoked without notice.   Advanced Posting Tools   Upload Photo  Select Gallery Photo  Attach Serial No List  Return to Post  Upload Photos/Videos Choose Files from your local computer Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.

TRACTOR PARTS	TRACTOR MANUALS

We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]