Information Discussion for Gate Guards
Thought I'd start a new topic for Gate Guards to use for comments. Like the moderator suggested-keep technical stuff, recipes, mechanical, etc. where they belong. Lets hear from everyone sucking down ...
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What an interesting perspective- this poster thinks because we are not screwing the oil companies out of every possible penny imaginable, gate guards must be being taken advantage of.
Gate guards tend to be pretty independent- in fact, its really a requirement for the job. I'd imagine any one of us is capable of deciding whether the compensation is adequate for the labor involved, without help from a gimme-more union guy.
The poster also fails to understand the value of the provided utilities- our monthly expenses pretty much amount to food and personal items, with many other out-of-pocket expenses like phone and internet largely deductible on our taxes. Our bankable compensation is a much bigger percentage of our checks than in other work scenarios.
The real bottom line is this- this is a low skills/low labor/high work ethics job. The physical work environment is not a plush air-conditioned office, but its a long way from arduous.
The free market is working exactly as it should here; jobs are offered at a scale that is acceptable to sufficient people to fill the available jobs. Wages have increased within the past year or two to reflect the reality of this job market.
Gate guards tend to be pretty independent- in fact, its really a requirement for the job. I'd imagine any one of us is capable of deciding whether the compensation is adequate for the labor involved, without help from a gimme-more union guy.
The poster also fails to understand the value of the provided utilities- our monthly expenses pretty much amount to food and personal items, with many other out-of-pocket expenses like phone and internet largely deductible on our taxes. Our bankable compensation is a much bigger percentage of our checks than in other work scenarios.
The real bottom line is this- this is a low skills/low labor/high work ethics job. The physical work environment is not a plush air-conditioned office, but its a long way from arduous.
The free market is working exactly as it should here; jobs are offered at a scale that is acceptable to sufficient people to fill the available jobs. Wages have increased within the past year or two to reflect the reality of this job market.
gktsuda1956 wrote:
I don't mean to be a jerk, but I think all you gate guards are being taken advantage of. Of course they're gonna stop by and give you turkeys and hams, etc. Cause they are getting good CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP labor. Labor that's not even minimum wage for some of you.
I think you should communicate/demand a better wage scale. Some type of sliding scale. 8 hour a day pay (at least minimum wage) for every day you sit on the gate, trucks or no trucks. And that minimum wage ends at 40 hours. Then it's time and a half if you got trucks thru the gate. That's what a union plumber gets after 40 hours. Based on a 0700 to 1700 work schedule. Any gate work outside those hours is "non-normal work hours" which would be sometype of sliding increase. If you are sitting on the gate on a Saturday, 8 hours at time and a half. If you are sitting on a gate on Sunday or a holiday, double time.
This is the OIL INDUSTRY. One of the greediest money making organizations out there. Look at the profits these companies are making. Look at what they pay those roughnecks.
They have SCORED BIG TIME, finding a segment of the population, retired RVers, etc., they can take advantage of. They're laughing all the way to the bank. They got you guys sitting in the mud, heat, dust for peanuts.
