A US school district can’t find janitors, so it is offering pupils R235 per hour to clean

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A US school district can’t find janitors, so it is offering pupils R235 per hour to clean. If those jobs were full-time, that would make for a salary not much shy of R40,000.

If the jobs were full time, that would equate to a monthly salary not very far from R40,000.

Schools across the USA are struggling to hire essential workers including substitute teachers, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and janitors — positions historically known for low wages and poor benefits. When schools transitioned to virtual learning during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, many workers left the industry for good. This has led some districts to offerBlaine High School's student janitors do not clean bathrooms or locker rooms and can take the bus home from work, Tom Karp, the assistant director of buildings and grounds, told the news outlet. Their primary responsibilities are sweeping, vacuuming, taking out the trash, and disinfecting surfaces.

The lack of a commute opens up the application to younger students who may not have a driver's license, he added.

 

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