While busy catching up on some e-mail I hear a tap on my window and what do you know - it's window washing time here in Shanghai. What's really quite funny about this is the guys start at the top of our building - 40 stories up, with I assume clean water and given the technology of their transportation, there is only one way to go and that's down. By the time they get to me on the 21st floor I can only guess what the water is like that they are using to clean our windows. I guess that's why window cleaning is done four times a year. These guys work a solid 12 hour day and make about $6.00 CDN. That's 50 cents an hour - if window washing could be sent offshore I wonder how many building owners would opt for that option. Pretty much puts in perspective why everything else is being outsourced to Asia.
Friday, July 15, 2011
You too can earn $6.00 a day
While busy catching up on some e-mail I hear a tap on my window and what do you know - it's window washing time here in Shanghai. What's really quite funny about this is the guys start at the top of our building - 40 stories up, with I assume clean water and given the technology of their transportation, there is only one way to go and that's down. By the time they get to me on the 21st floor I can only guess what the water is like that they are using to clean our windows. I guess that's why window cleaning is done four times a year. These guys work a solid 12 hour day and make about $6.00 CDN. That's 50 cents an hour - if window washing could be sent offshore I wonder how many building owners would opt for that option. Pretty much puts in perspective why everything else is being outsourced to Asia.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment