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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
It is easy to throw out numbers - how long does someone have to work in order to get 7 weeks vacation a year? If the salary starts at $19/hour how long does it take for someone to work up? There are a lot of well paying jobs you don't have to go to school for - it is relatively unskilled labour, but so is filling potholes and a million other jobs.
People who work on the rigs get paid a premium for their jobs, whereas english majors work in Chapters. Who has more education is a poor argument at best.
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The people that work on the rigs work in amazingly tough environments, with terrible hours, they also for the most part are trained in a tough technical field with amazing potential for danger, so I don't see what they get paid as a comparison to a postal worker.
I get the point about walking long distances a day and carrying heavy weight, but I don't see that as high intensity labor.