Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Rampers you don’t have to deal with customers like the burger flipper or gas station attendant does. Not having to do the “welcome to Chick-fil-A, can I take your order” has value for a lot of people. As a teen I preferred jobs like landscaping vs customer service, just so I didn’t have to deal with the Karen’s of that time. I can only imagine it’s worse these days in dealing with people.
In the end, you have to pay what you have to to attract people. That’s as simple as that. No different than pilot pay
I get it, retail and food service isn’t for everyone. Still not going to convince me that the work they’re doing isn’t more physically draining, dangerous, and comes with a ton more individual responsibility.
They deserve and need to be paid at a higher level than these other entry level hourly jobs. And when that happens the staffing issues will be sorted. Or we can just sit back and wait and hope that more people will apply for whatever it is they’re paying them now.