Ha! Most of us aren’t going to ever be rich anyway.
Interestingly, I very recently checked out the Calgary.ca recruitment page for emergency-response operators. After 8 years service the wage tops out (for non-management) around $85,000 not including overtime, with gold-plated City benefits. Not too shabby. Unfortunately for me, I’m at a stage in life where I couldn’t afford the time it would take to attain that income level; the starting wage is about 1/2 that. I’m stuck, so to speak, in a tough, unsatisfying, well-paying job. Dreams will have to remain just that.
Minimum wage for kids flipping burgers here is $15.00/hr.My husband was a 911 dispatcher for a couple of years while he was finishing his paramedic program. He made $12.75 an hour, and that wasn't very many years ago.
Ha! Most of us aren’t going to ever be rich anyway.
Interestingly, I very recently checked out the Calgary.ca recruitment page for emergency-response operators. After 8 years service the wage tops out (for non-management) around $85,000 not including overtime, with gold-plated City benefits. Not too shabby. Unfortunately for me, I’m at a stage in life where I couldn’t afford the time it would take to attain that income level; the starting wage is about 1/2 that. I’m stuck, so to speak, in a tough, unsatisfying, well-paying job. Dreams will have to remain just that.
Realistically I have my dream job. Never want to do anything else. I wake up wanting to go to work. At the end of a long (often 12 hours) day I'm happy I can do it again the next day. On my vacations I look forward to getting back to work.
I had my dream job. I was a designer and illustrator for a company that makes holiday decorations. I got to really *use* my creativity, and I worked for some really big companies who licensed products through the company-Budweiser, Campbell's Soup, Lionel Trains. Then I went down with Depression and Anxiety and *snaps fingers* there it all went. I would like to draw professionally again someday.
I've already had one of my dream jobs.. musician at Disneyland. Not a career path, though... the pay was mediocre, but it was fun.
I prefer living on my day job and getting lots of extra money playing on the side instead.