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OniExpress t1_iz2il28 wrote

Reply to comment by Sharpshooter188 in Homelessness charity staff start strike, after low pay risks homelessness by db_2_k

$38k a year to be the sole IT staff for what is almost certainly a rough network (if they won't pay for IT staff how much have they been paying for IT infrastructure?), a lousy workplace in the city, and they even suggested the possibility of running tech classes for the residents.

The local *jail* was offering twice that for IT staff, and I didn't take that either.

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Sharpshooter188 t1_iz2j993 wrote

Ugh. Ive done unarmed guard work that paid more than that. Twice that however, is something Id consider. What made you decide to pass on that?

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OniExpress t1_iz34juh wrote

Mostly didn't want to have to deal with the kind of coworkers I'd have in a jail. Beyond the personality tropes you find with the people attracted to those roles, the local jails are constantly in the news for assault, drug dealing, the occasional fucking about and getting a prisoner killed. Just had one guard get convicted for blacking out driving home, crashing and killing a kid.

I can make that kind of money being an administrator basically anywhere, it's not worth it to work in a literal prison with even bigger asshole colleagues than normal.

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