Firemon,
Thanks for the thread!! What has always amazed me is how Security Guards get paid so poorly even in America. Here you have a man or woman sometimes guarding very large sums of money at a bank or collecting daily receipts from a WalMart or Home Depot for example and you are paying them $12 an hour!!
And witness in Jamaica where a Security Guard is very likely to be in danger he gets paid $10,500 weekly ($10,500 divided 153 = $68.62 USD for 40 hours work). Imagine $1.71 USD per hour to carry a gun and defend against Jamaican criminals?? So now they bump it up to $91.50 a week under the budget presentation.
And then you have the national minimum wage. $9,000 per 40 hour week grosses $58.82 USD ($1.47 USD per hour) will now be earning $2.12 USD per hour.
So I guess the Jamaicans have a right to be pissed off seeing $1,000 USD a night hotel guests at some high end AI's!!! I guess it understandable that they have their hands out for tips!!
Thanks for the thread!! What has always amazed me is how Security Guards get paid so poorly even in America. Here you have a man or woman sometimes guarding very large sums of money at a bank or collecting daily receipts from a WalMart or Home Depot for example and you are paying them $12 an hour!!
And witness in Jamaica where a Security Guard is very likely to be in danger he gets paid $10,500 weekly ($10,500 divided 153 = $68.62 USD for 40 hours work). Imagine $1.71 USD per hour to carry a gun and defend against Jamaican criminals?? So now they bump it up to $91.50 a week under the budget presentation.
And then you have the national minimum wage. $9,000 per 40 hour week grosses $58.82 USD ($1.47 USD per hour) will now be earning $2.12 USD per hour.
So I guess the Jamaicans have a right to be pissed off seeing $1,000 USD a night hotel guests at some high end AI's!!! I guess it understandable that they have their hands out for tips!!