โJul-20-2021 06:58 AM
โJul-21-2021 04:19 PM
valhalla360 wrote:Really? The lawyer doesn't just pocket the entire fee? And the mechanic doesn't get the hundreds of dollars I pay the dealership to replace the AC unit? I suppose you are also going to tell me that when I pay for my dinner at the restaurant the waiter or waitress doesn't get to keep all that money and the clerk at grocery store can't just put the hundred bucks I paid for lobsters into his/her pocket? Who would have thunk it? It is truly a deceptive world. At least we can be sure Horse Racing and Pro Wrestling isn't rigged.wapiticountry wrote:valhalla360 wrote:When you workamp you are on site. No commute needed. You are there to walk your dog, to make a better lunch than a sandwich, to be at your home should you need something or if something goes wrong. To many people that is a valuable benefit of workamping.wapiticountry wrote:
See if working for Walmart gets you a free place to park with full hookups. I bet at that Walmart job you wonโt have the ability to roll out of bed and be to work in 60 seconds. Seldom are the Walmartโs of the world located near national parks and other tourist destinations. I bet the work schedules arenโt as flexible and the jobs not as easy as most Workcamper positions. But if you attach no value to those points Workcamping is a bad deal.
Are you implying workcampers are lazy and unable to get up on time? Seems odd criteria.
Walmart is something completely different. I would be looking to work at a shop near the tourist area...which is likely has campgrounds nearby.
A workamper position is basically unskilled labor. If you have special skills and training that commands high pay good for you. Doctors, lawyers, hedge fund managers and Fortune 500 CEOs make huge wages, but that doesnโt matter to a park hiring workers. That $500 an hour lawyer will only get $10 an hour as a workamper if that is what the going rate for workampers is.
If you don't have a dog, that's not relevant, though most properly trained dogs can handle 4-6hr by themselves without problem. Assuming it's a part time job, you can probably get scheduled to be home for lunch if that's important to you.
No, you aren't going to make $500/hr...of course, bringing that up suggests you don't understand what professionals make in the first place. $500/hr is what the client pays. The lawyer doesn't get anything close to that. Same as when your RV mechanic charges $100/hr but the mechanic makes $25/hr.
Of course, in tourist areas right now, if you have a decent work history and present yourself well, $15-20 should be possible...particularly if you come back to the same place multiple years.
โJul-21-2021 09:20 AM
โJul-21-2021 08:20 AM
Lantley wrote:
My thought is that work camping involves work while you camp. Not to be confused with straight work which does not involve camping.
Work camping allows you to be in a CG atmosphere and recieve compensation vs. being in a CG atmosphere and not recieve any compensation.
If that compensation involves a free site it sure beats paying for that site.
Especially if you have more time than money. Giving up your time vs. giving up your money is a favorable transaction for many work campers.
Many work campers are willing to sacrifice their time, because it allows them to stay at the CG. They are not interested in a straight job.
Work camping is not about the financial or monetary reward.
The primary reward/goal is to be at a CG. Being able to be at a CG for reduced or no cost is a even better reward.
In short work camping is not about the salary it's about camping. Camping is the primary goal. Being at a CG is the reward if you don't grasp that concept you will never understand the motivation for work camping.
โJul-21-2021 07:16 AM
โJul-21-2021 06:40 AM
wapiticountry wrote:
When you workamp you are on site. No commute needed. You are there to walk your dog, to make a better lunch than a sandwich, to be at your home should you need something or if something goes wrong. To many people that is a valuable benefit of workamping.
A workamper position is basically unskilled labor. If you have special skills and training that commands high pay good for you. Doctors, lawyers, hedge fund managers and Fortune 500 CEOs make huge wages, but that doesnโt matter to a park hiring workers. That $500 an hour lawyer will only get $10 an hour as a workamper if that is what the going rate for workampers is.
โJul-21-2021 06:27 AM
โJul-21-2021 04:55 AM
wapiticountry wrote:valhalla360 wrote:When you workamp you are on site. No commute needed. You are there to walk your dog, to make a better lunch than a sandwich, to be at your home should you need something or if something goes wrong. To many people that is a valuable benefit of workamping.wapiticountry wrote:
See if working for Walmart gets you a free place to park with full hookups. I bet at that Walmart job you wonโt have the ability to roll out of bed and be to work in 60 seconds. Seldom are the Walmartโs of the world located near national parks and other tourist destinations. I bet the work schedules arenโt as flexible and the jobs not as easy as most Workcamper positions. But if you attach no value to those points Workcamping is a bad deal.
Are you implying workcampers are lazy and unable to get up on time? Seems odd criteria.
Walmart is something completely different. I would be looking to work at a shop near the tourist area...which is likely has campgrounds nearby.
A workamper position is basically unskilled labor. If you have special skills and training that commands high pay good for you. Doctors, lawyers, hedge fund managers and Fortune 500 CEOs make huge wages, but that doesnโt matter to a park hiring workers. That $500 an hour lawyer will only get $10 an hour as a workamper if that is what the going rate for workampers is.
โJul-20-2021 03:11 PM
valhalla360 wrote:When you workamp you are on site. No commute needed. You are there to walk your dog, to make a better lunch than a sandwich, to be at your home should you need something or if something goes wrong. To many people that is a valuable benefit of workamping.wapiticountry wrote:
See if working for Walmart gets you a free place to park with full hookups. I bet at that Walmart job you wonโt have the ability to roll out of bed and be to work in 60 seconds. Seldom are the Walmartโs of the world located near national parks and other tourist destinations. I bet the work schedules arenโt as flexible and the jobs not as easy as most Workcamper positions. But if you attach no value to those points Workcamping is a bad deal.
Are you implying workcampers are lazy and unable to get up on time? Seems odd criteria.
Walmart is something completely different. I would be looking to work at a shop near the tourist area...which is likely has campgrounds nearby.
โJul-20-2021 12:55 PM
FWC wrote:wapiticountry wrote:
See if working for Walmart gets you a free place to park with full hookups. I bet at that Walmart job you wonโt have the ability to roll out of bed and be to work in 60 seconds. Seldom are the Walmartโs of the world located near national parks and other tourist destinations. I bet the work schedules arenโt as flexible and the jobs not as easy as most Workcamper positions. But if you attach no value to those points Workcamping is a bad deal.
Agreed. But for many of us the choice is not between work camping or working at Walmart. My point was that I am not willing to work for less than market rate in order to increase someone else's profit margin.
If the idea is just to cover living expenses, then I will spend a week a month working remotely at my real job, and have the other 3 weeks free to do what I want. However if the opportunity is fulfilling in some other way, say volunteering at a National Park then I am happy to straight volunteer, and if they give a free campsite, all the better.
โJul-20-2021 11:22 AM
wapiticountry wrote:
See if working for Walmart gets you a free place to park with full hookups. I bet at that Walmart job you wonโt have the ability to roll out of bed and be to work in 60 seconds. Seldom are the Walmartโs of the world located near national parks and other tourist destinations. I bet the work schedules arenโt as flexible and the jobs not as easy as most Workcamper positions. But if you attach no value to those points Workcamping is a bad deal.
โJul-20-2021 10:02 AM
wapiticountry wrote:
See if working for Walmart gets you a free place to park with full hookups. I bet at that Walmart job you wonโt have the ability to roll out of bed and be to work in 60 seconds. Seldom are the Walmartโs of the world located near national parks and other tourist destinations. I bet the work schedules arenโt as flexible and the jobs not as easy as most Workcamper positions. But if you attach no value to those points Workcamping is a bad deal.
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