[rgbrenner]

"There's a lot of downtime during the day that you don't get paid for. You might work a 10-hour day, but you only get compensated for your shifts. .... [Corey Ford] as a driver, he earned $19/hr, which works out to a pre-tax income of ~$19.4k for 180 days of 5-hour shifts."

Imagine a job that required your entire day, but they decided not to pay you during the late morning through the early afternoon. This has got to be one of the worst paying jobs in the country. I'm surprised they could fill their roles during normal times.

[monkeybutton]

Part time hours but fulltime availability! What a complete scam. My spouse working in healthcare ran into this at one job. It didn't last long. And they wondered why employee retention was miserable. What's even the point of working at a place that demands such unpaid concessions?

Those hours represent an opportunity cost and should be paid for. They are not free.

[marak830]

Like hospitality. When I was cheffing it was near on always split shifts. 9:30 start and 10:00pm finish (if lucky).

[CapitalistCartr]

Waiting tables often have "split shifts".

[effingwewt]

Also, sending people home whenever they feel like it/are slow. Some places have made this illegal but it still happens all the time.

Try pulling that on the emlloywr though and see how quickly you are fired. The imbalances we put up with are maybe getting ironed out.

[windlep]

Maybe not a surprise that they also have trouble getting employee's right now?

[mhb]

OK. But you left out this part ...he realized that he made more money off of unemployment benefits (~$2k/month) than he did as a bus driver.