Reply #14: a job would probably pay him over $600 a week plus benefits

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it's kinda hard to make that much money shovelling snow. How much were you gonna pay him each time it snowed?

Back in 1995 after I quit/got laid off from the satellite dish factory I had a contract to shovel snow. The agreement was that I would get paid $15 every time it snowed. Not bad money for 45 minutes of work. Except for the time we got ten inches and I was out there twice for a total of about 5 hours. I asked for $30 because I went out twice to shovel. I think he gave me $25.

Then there were the little snows. Anything under an inch I figured should only get me $10 because I could just sweep it off. Except that every time it snowed 1 - 3 inches the guy would complain about paying $15 even though that was what he agreed to pay when I started.

And you really don't make a living that way. So I only did it for one winter.