My dad was a garbage man. As a kid, I remember him coming home smelling like a landfill. He worked very hard to support my mom and I. He got a CDL and eventually scored a well paying local job in our hometown driving a roll off truck. His job became a lot easier since the truck he drove did most of the work. He retired from public works after almost 30 years back in 2020. Thanks for doing this video! A lot of people underestimate how hard that job is physically. People are careless and my dad would tell me stories about people throwing pieces of concrete in the cans, of all things.
It’s brutal hard work. Cigarettes. Energy drinks. Dairy Queen. People typically compare us with mailmen, cops, and UPS/Amazon delivery drivers, but we are the superior career for certain.
Yup I worked for the trash for city of Denver for a year and they removed the steps on the back because someone got injured. So for am entire summer I was walking all the routes behind the truck. I've had so many cans that would have big ass concrete blocks hidden under stuff. Sometimes it was so heavy they machine for lifting cans couldn't even lift it and I had to help it by pushing the can up
Garbage collectors deserve way more respect from us due to how hard-working they are, and also their job drastically improves the quality of the environment as well.
I work town of oyster bay in NY it's so grueling I'm up at 315 and you're literally busting your ass non stop it wipes you out for the rest of the day and most of us have 2nd jobs to go to after
As a 21 year old that works at a landfill since I was 19, I actually love my job. Now a days it’s barely even disgusting. They provide a locker room and showers there so I come home clean every time. It’s pretty rare that we get in direct contact with garbage too. The benefits are great and it’s unionized. People are rude about it sometimes but they don’t know that it pays almost 25 bucks per hour. Im also able to build seniority to switch to other jobs for the municipal government like the parks department or any other position that I am/ will be qualified for
yeah dunno what country this video is supposed to represent but in America garbage men get paid pretty well, you can at least expect to make anywhere from 40k-60k annually depending on what your doing.
Also worked as a garbage collector a few years … best job I ever had! You are outside, people are friendly for the most part and the boss and coworkers where nice and the paycheck was also quite good!
@@Sectarian. Don't know what that has anything to do with anything, but he also married a 6 years old and did it with her when she turned 9 when he was 50 years old
Problem is, it is the plebs who give money to the streamers. When was the last time one personally gave money to the garbage collectors ? (btw I occasionally try to tip them if the situation arises)
My Grandad was garbage collector in Moscow in 90-s. I was only 4-5 years old but helped him. It’s not the same in western countries and US. We live in giant apartment houses and have special pipe called «musoroprovod» which impale house inside from high stages to first. F-ing garbage is falling down by this terrible system. And you should collect garbage by yourself using your shovel and hands… It was very hard time for our family and country
In the communist system, I guess there wasn't any incentive to figure out how to do things better. In hindsight, a manager of some Khrushchevka could know somebody in the politburo and offer an idea, "Why not put a giant dumpster to catch all that trash from the trash chute? Develop a truck that is designed to drop off an empty dumpster, pick up the full one, and shove the empty dumpster under the garbage chute." Only somebody in the Party who actually did manual labor could think of stuff like that. Sadly, America's own elites are just as bad as the oligarchs in Russia now.
Anytime I come across one of those garbage trucks and get hit with the smell I am reminded what a deep respect I feel towards the men that keep our streets and households clean.
I know a guy who works on the trucks. Water filters through all the garbage and seeps out the bottom as garbage juice, onto the mechanics. Props to all the guys working on our garbage collection!
@@snorman1911 Exactly. SOMEBODY has to maintain and repair those beasts! Take the excess pay out of the owner's and boss's salaries and put it to better use keeping a full crew and good mechanics on hand.
Most of the jobs out there do not require a college degree, yet people are always looking down on those who have these jobs. If people didn’t have these jobs, the world we know today wouldn’t exist
I used to work as a garbage collector. We collected the reusable stuff - paper and glass. Trust me - 20kgs is not the limit for some people. They can put out a bag full of books/bottles that weights 30-40kgs. Or mix it up with straight up trash. Or throw out a bigass carton box that won't even fit into the truck without folding it. Except you can't fold it, because they packed the box with more paper trash. There are also people that run after you and tell you to wait. Because it's to hard for them to remember the schedule/put out the bag outside a day before the pickup day. And it's not like you're there for 8 hours and you can go home, you work until the jobs done. So imagine if 20 people stop you for 5 minutes each, and then they wonder why you are so pissed at them.
@@whoswho1233Dude, if I had to increase my shift to earn less, I work 8 hours and earn 40 dollars, that's in an hour if I increase my shift, I'll earn up to 45 dollars or a little more if that's the case, if I work more than I could, right?😅😅😂😂
Oh man... I worked as a cleaner in the UK. I had to clean streets, stadiums, rooms in hostels, wc... How fuc...ing hard it was. I lost 15 kg in 3 months. I was working as an animal, sometimes for 2 weeks without a rest, for 700-800 pounds. Now I earn like three times that, and I do 10 times less. Society don't recognice the cleaners enough :(
If you think cleaning is bad you should try leaflet distribution, waking 8 hours a day in all weather, only a 20 minute break , carrying huge sack of useless leaflets , I was having 3 red bulls a day
Garbage collectors in my city make way more than minimum wage, and they have a hydraulic lift on their trucks that picks up the garbage bins. Also, if any trash gets strewn around by animals, they just leave it. Lol
Put your shit in a pail with the lid on so the animals don't get it. Damn right we leave it we don't have time for that we got a thousand other stops to get to be considerate and use common sense
same here. True that they block the roads on busy streets, but they don't give a f*ck if there's trash laying around. I agree with them, let those who are unable to properly fill their garbage bags keep their shit to stink until they get tired of their own mistakes. Respect to the garbage men!
I worked on a garbage truck for almost two years and it was the absolute worst job I've ever had. The company I worked for didn't give us breaks and ripped us off hours on our paychecks. Not to mention being out in the rain and snow in the freezing cold where I live it rains 75 percent of the time. What a grueling job.
@@bennathan7353 I'm glad to hear not everyone had a terrible time like I did. I made 364 dollars a week and live in Newfoundland Canada where it rains 75 percent of the time in the summer and snows 75 percent of the time in the winter
USA is just a bad spot , I hear other countries have a thing called 4 Day Work Weeks and like most of them work that shift. They slave us in the USA working 80hrs every 2weeks it’s badddd. Can’t have fun with family
If pay was at least enough to let me chill then I wouldn’t complain but We pay for rent on a house that we are barely spending time in because we practically live at work
I've done this job for 4 years, and this video shows just a glimpse of our struggles. It's true that a lot of people don't even think about us when they put their bags out. But it's not all bad, occasionally the kinder folks will leave us drinks and snacks, sometimes even beer or money.
When I was a kid my mom always told me to say thank you to the garbage collectors whenever they were picking up our trash while we were pulling out of the parking lot in the morning
When I was about 8 I wanted to be a garbage collector. They only came round once a week so I assumed they only worked one day a week and had all the other days off.
@@lemonstrangler Well, you can publicly identify as an ice cream truck. I’m sure the Biden administration will shower you with praise for being so inclusive and equitable
I love these videos! I’m glad I don’t have to do it, but it just makes me appreciate these workers that get the minimum appreciation from the public. Since you guys are at it, can you do a video on sewage workers? They deserve some appreciation as well!
Great video! Some good additions showing more frustrations of this job would have been them doing a pre trip inspection only to find multiple flat tires, a broken headlight, several gallons low on hydraulic fluid, tons of garbage behind the packer panel, and a dirty cab from coworkers who don’t take care of the trucks. Also adding the truck breaking down at some point during the route (significant hydraulic leak most likely) and needing to take an old crappy spare that has the same problems found during that pre trip. Also let’s not forget the angry Karen’s and the people who overfill their barrels, don’t bag their garbage, I could go on forever. I’ve been a garbage truck operator for over 3 years, I’ve seen it all. I’m not criticizing your video at all I just wanted to add some things. Thank you for making a video about this line of work.
Let me guess, you must not be working for a local city government? The city collectors seem to be as chill as the mailmen, and bosses in city governments aren't on your ass. Decent pay too. AMAZING benefits. Some get pensions. I considered applying before going back to school. Or you work for a waste monopoly like WM? If so, then I pity you.
The way i can empathize with this it’s incredibile! Your video are amazing man, you always find a simple but efficient way to get to the point! Thank you zero budget stories
Agreed. 🙏 as they say: "not all heroes wear -caps- capes"... 🧢 P.S: garbage collecting can be replaced by AI and robotics, can't it? This really should [readily] be the case. But those robots need to be protected from vandals.
I was a garbage guy for a while. People would disrespect you and treat you like shit, bags would be overfilled to "save a bag". Had some heavy days out there for sure. Best part is the broken bottles everywhere and working the ghetto. They truly don't give a shit about you out there.
We tip the cans, but typically people will overload the bins and throw bags off to the side. We have to get everything. You'll pick a bag off the ground and it rips, throwing shit everywhere. @@Zach-mw5so
Our garbage collection works differently in Australia. we have specially designed "wheelie bins" like a tall thing on wheels that has a coloured lid for either recycling, waste or compost. we wheel them out onto the road on different days and a truck with a mechanical arm picks them up and empties them into the back of a truck and puts them back down on the gutter (or curb). This probably happens elsewhere other than here. There is usually one of two people operating them and they don't have to leave the truck. Though nothing but respect for the people who work these jobs.
I feel you, currently on my last week Job sucks and people don’t even bother bagging their trash properly or even tying them. Can’t wait for this nightmare to end.
@2:25 I mean, while not exactly rich, the pay of a garbageman is still a decent bit more than actual minimum wage, at least in the US. I've known a few guys who did it and even starting out they all got paid around $20-$30USD per hour with lots of 1.5-2X overtime pay and also said they'd occasionally find gold, silver, platinum, jewelry, working electronics, antiques, drugs and other things they were able to resell for an off-the-books bonus.
Today I quit my job as a garbage truck driver/collector. I did it for 2 months and is extremely hard to do it. Breathing in dust from the stuff people throw in their garbage bags. Some of that dust being extremely dangerous. 100 or 140 stops daily . Destroying your knees from climbing up and down the truck. Extremely heavy containers that hurt your back when pushed. Maggots and repulsive smells. 10 to 12 hours of work. Sharing a truck cabin with a dude for said amount of hours. Disagreeing on when to put on the AC, stop for lunch, radio station, etc . Impossible places for a truck to drive into to find a garbage container. Not gonna lie the pay was excellent. Respect for the people who do this for years . Next time you see the garbage man and driver , give them a soda, cigarettes, or a snack . It made our day much better
Holy spaghettiballs. I've been watching your videos for ages and only now discovered you're Belgian, because of the scenery at 1:54 hahahaha. I love your videos, fellow Belgian!
I was always under the impression that this was a good job to have. My bro in law was a garbage truck driver in Seattle and made good money. He did work some long days tho.
Believe it or not I think this job is a step up in life! Training to be the truck driver is expensive where I am & this clip is helping me choose my future. Ps BITCOIN FEB 2025! ESCAPE
Was doing garbage colleting as a summer job and ill be honest its pretty draining job. Nobody is there to say "thank you" everybody just kind of doesnt see you You are appreciated garbage collectors cause when you arent there poeple will see the garbage pilling up
My next-door neighbor worked at the county landfill. He had nothing positive to say about it, other than it was a steady wage and he could get health insurance. The landfill was run by some outsourced corporation by the county, they cut corners everywhere safety-wise. Trucks were always getting stuck in mud or flipping over on steep grades. Many of the employees were unreliable degenerates, but rarely would anyone be fired - it's tough work and difficult to get people to show up. My neighbor spent a lot of time spraying some kind of mosquito repellant on top of the trash, and stunk like h311 so that his wife insisted he change clothes before entering the house. He caught COVID a few years ago and died without even being able to collect Social Security from this crummy job.
Right there is why public sanitation, trash pickup, and landfill management should always be directly managed and funded by municipalities (city or county) and the labor force UNIONIZED. They must meet State and Federal guidelines and they are funded and operated to that end. OTOH, a private company will always cut corners to squeeze out a few bucks of profit for the dead weight at the top.
I had read a story about the garbage cleaners in my school story book, after that day my respect for them and cleanliness of my house and city increased very much
It would quickly pile up, some people would try to burn it away, most people would take it and dump it in the forest, river, lake or the ocean. The whole world would look like those highly contaminated cities in India.
My job is super white collar. Banker in wealth management. And I have so much respect for garbage collectors I'm often confused when others don't see their value. These guys are absolutely essential.
I’ve always looked up to garbage men. I love the big trucks and machines ❤ One time I was allowed to operate the compactor by trash men.❤ still my favorite memories. Garbage men are true hero’s.
Reality is that Binmen have a pretty comfy job minus waking up early. When I worked as a binman I often finished work very early and still got paid for the full time
Garbage collectors deserve more respect, it's a physically demanding job that carries a lot of risk and their work improves our livelihoods as well. Truly underrated job.
Doesn't look like a bad life honestly. You can do a lot with the money you make from that job. It's honest work and you're doing a good deed for the community
The LA Times had an article about sanitation workers and their yearly salary around $120k. They buy nice houses, cars, etc. There's a guy on Howard Stern's show bragging about his lifestyle as a garbage man.
I live in apartments and people here are awful. We have 40 units in out part of the area and 40 more in the back. They have to pick the trash up 3 times a week. They throw the trash randomly in the dumpster and I see the workers have to clean the area before he moves the dumpster outside. Sometimes the dumpsters are too full and the trash falls out when they try to move the dumpster. Then the homeless come and tear all the bags open. Thank goodness for these workers. I have a lot of respect for them because otherwise it would be awful to live here with all the trash.
At least this time Wojak seems to have same-minded nice co-workers and he's generaly away from his bosses taking a trip around the town. I've saw him in more psycologically stressing shit jobs.
My Lord. Imagine being a waste specialist working in Skid-damn-Row in LA. As a Californian, God bless who works that sector. All prayers and blessings to You
Did the bins for 2 years. Very hard work. People only see their street. And for some reason most of the public hated us. Strange behaviour but when we got a week off at Xmas everyone crys about all the rubbish.
When he said please not downtown again I felt that 🤣, I used to hate going down them tight ass alleys w mad traffic all around you to make it even harder to back in an alley that is only as wide as the truck w a bunch of phone poles. Plus there was always 10x more work. I do feel bad for the dude in this video for having to hand lift every can
bro its like crazy wojaks life is like mine iam bad at trading i dont have any job i wanna change myself when i see these type of videos. Thanks for doing these type of videos.
I work as a Software Engineer (Backend) and honestly thought about working part-time as a garbage collector and enjoying my free time and do some side projects. Hard work that is taxing on the body can be such a great balance. But maybe we always want what we don´t have.
This is why you should minimize the trash you produce as much as possible. Your food scraps to the compost or chickens, burn your paper and cardboard at home and don't buy as much plastic. It's insane how much trash you get from a single online order, that's why it's better to shop in real life. Not much is in our hards but we have to at least help eachother❤
Not really accurate because garbage collectors make a decent living, have the freedom to work outdoors, and are better respected than most UA-camrs. This whole series is meant to be dark, depressing, and dystopian without offering any bright side. It's disrespectful and not fun to watch. And the supercilious audacity for these "content creators" to criticize hard working people without offering any solution while getting clicks is disturbing.
there was a garbage collector job offer in my town, they offered free license for driving truck plus above average pay, working from 4.30 a.m to 1 p.m. I Sent my candidature a lo of time, still they didn't take me because there is a lot of concurrence. I can't become even a garbage collector😂😂💪
My dad was a garbage man. As a kid, I remember him coming home smelling like a landfill. He worked very hard to support my mom and I. He got a CDL and eventually scored a well paying local job in our hometown driving a roll off truck. His job became a lot easier since the truck he drove did most of the work. He retired from public works after almost 30 years back in 2020. Thanks for doing this video! A lot of people underestimate how hard that job is physically. People are careless and my dad would tell me stories about people throwing pieces of concrete in the cans, of all things.
Nice story
It’s brutal hard work. Cigarettes. Energy drinks. Dairy Queen. People typically compare us with mailmen, cops, and UPS/Amazon delivery drivers, but we are the superior career for certain.
@gonzalo4658 I think you guys get paid the most out of those careers you listed.
Wow, the concrete thing really disappoints me. Do people not realize everything they put in the can is what the garbage man has to lift at once.
Yup I worked for the trash for city of Denver for a year and they removed the steps on the back because someone got injured. So for am entire summer I was walking all the routes behind the truck. I've had so many cans that would have big ass concrete blocks hidden under stuff. Sometimes it was so heavy they machine for lifting cans couldn't even lift it and I had to help it by pushing the can up
Garbage collectors deserve way more respect from us due to how hard-working they are, and also their job drastically improves the quality of the environment as well.
agreed bro
thx would be nice if people didnt put toxic liquid and toxic dust that blow and splash up our face
but we are disposable and many people want the job
Literally almost every job is important
I work town of oyster bay in NY it's so grueling I'm up at 315 and you're literally busting your ass non stop it wipes you out for the rest of the day and most of us have 2nd jobs to go to after
@@hustleman8797lol I wouldn't say that
This job is underrated. Without garbage collectors, our houses will stink like hell
And they get good money in my country, also can drink on a job which is underrated
* india *
Thx ill replace the bin corectly
Some of the people in my town burn garbage. 😖
Bro almost every job that isn't fast food is underrated lol
As a 21 year old that works at a landfill since I was 19, I actually love my job. Now a days it’s barely even disgusting. They provide a locker room and showers there so I come home clean every time. It’s pretty rare that we get in direct contact with garbage too. The benefits are great and it’s unionized.
People are rude about it sometimes but they don’t know that it pays almost 25 bucks per hour.
Im also able to build seniority to switch to other jobs for the municipal government like the parks department or any other position that I am/ will be qualified for
In Russia, garbage sorters receive 3 bucks p/h. Hell job.
That’s a great job honestly especially at 21 keep it up man you’ll be able to retire with a pension at 57 if the economy doesn’t dip.
This salary is what an executive at a large company in my country earns.
yeah dunno what country this video is supposed to represent but in America garbage men get paid pretty well, you can at least expect to make anywhere from 40k-60k annually depending on what your doing.
Also worked as a garbage collector a few years … best job I ever had! You are outside, people are friendly for the most part and the boss and coworkers where nice and the paycheck was also quite good!
these people deserve nothing but respect.
Agreed
Another cringy comment about respect, same on every single UA-cam video,nerds always demanding people show respect
@66Traveler99sure😅
Garbage-collector-chan you are supported in solidarity by society!✊😢 sniffle**
@@83dude how bro felt after saying that: 👹👿
"See you tomorrow for the exact same day" hit me like a ton of bricks
yeah, that's rough
@@waddlez7192 yes because time does not exist!
Oooooooo ye
At least the route changes. I’ll take an outdoor job running routes over office drone anyday. Report to the same exact cube, every day.
Lol, me too...
We should respect garbage collectors more. They work hard everyday to keep our homes and streets clean.
thx would be nice if people didnt put toxic liquid and toxic dust that blow and splash up our face
Did you know prophet Muhammad was a warlord?
they make a lot of money. they go out in their day to clean out streets, your right, we gotta respect them more
@@Sectarian. Don't know what that has anything to do with anything, but he also married a 6 years old and did it with her when she turned 9 when he was 50 years old
we should respect everyone tf u talkin about ?
A garbage collector has more dignity and deserve more respect than any thot streamer in twitch.
not even comparable
All these doomed jobs keep the world running. Without them and janitors life couldnt operate
Would rather have more money than dignity tbh.
@@SSJfraz I'd rather be homeless and have dignity than have money
Problem is, it is the plebs who give money to the streamers. When was the last time one personally gave money to the garbage collectors ?
(btw I occasionally try to tip them if the situation arises)
this changed my life bro. remember to thank your local garbage collecters.
The more usefull than many soldars, poltics and other "PATROTICS".
Sorry, too busy making 1k a day
People usually yell at us instead bc we block the streets sorry gotta get the garbage 😂
how does this chabge your life
But I'm asleep while they're working
We tend to forget that our lovely C# and Java would not exist without such brave workers...
F!
I'd rather not have these underpaid suffering people in my work
#c
What is c# and Java? What do you mean
@@longlivethe9989what is c# ?
@@Whoquiensabenose Java and C# are programming languages as well as C mentioned by longlivethe9989
@@Whoquiensabenose Programming languages
My Grandad was garbage collector in Moscow in 90-s. I was only 4-5 years old but helped him. It’s not the same in western countries and US. We live in giant apartment houses and have special pipe called «musoroprovod» which impale house inside from high stages to first. F-ing garbage is falling down by this terrible system. And you should collect garbage by yourself using your shovel and hands… It was very hard time for our family and country
Slava Ukraine
In the communist system, I guess there wasn't any incentive to figure out how to do things better. In hindsight, a manager of some Khrushchevka could know somebody in the politburo and offer an idea,
"Why not put a giant dumpster to catch all that trash from the trash chute? Develop a truck that is designed to drop off an empty dumpster, pick up the full one, and shove the empty dumpster under the garbage chute."
Only somebody in the Party who actually did manual labor could think of stuff like that. Sadly, America's own elites are just as bad as the oligarchs in Russia now.
@@2nostromonot the time bro
Да бро, жёстко
@@2nostromoheil✋️
Anytime I come across one of those garbage trucks and get hit with the smell I am reminded what a deep respect I feel towards the men that keep our streets and households clean.
I know a guy who works on the trucks. Water filters through all the garbage and seeps out the bottom as garbage juice, onto the mechanics. Props to all the guys working on our garbage collection!
@@snorman1911 Exactly. SOMEBODY has to maintain and repair those beasts! Take the excess pay out of the owner's and boss's salaries and put it to better use keeping a full crew and good mechanics on hand.
After a while you really don’t notice it trust me 6 years on the job
As a garbage collector, searching for a new job while doing youtube. I can confirm this.
yea toxic shit up my lungs and eyes and ears.. i need a space suit fk that
950$ canadian clear per week was nice tho
i prefer stay alive
Random drug testing?
@@XeLUA-cam Could get a respirator, it would cost you but it would be well worth it.
God speed, you'll make it.
clean your house bro
Most of the jobs out there do not require a college degree, yet people are always looking down on those who have these jobs. If people didn’t have these jobs, the world we know today wouldn’t exist
Exactly
If people didn't have these jobs someone would simply design a machine to do it...
Yes it would
@@Waldo1122facts
@@Waldo1122 You design that machine.
Chop chop, hop to it.
I used to work as a garbage collector. We collected the reusable stuff - paper and glass. Trust me - 20kgs is not the limit for some people. They can put out a bag full of books/bottles that weights 30-40kgs. Or mix it up with straight up trash. Or throw out a bigass carton box that won't even fit into the truck without folding it. Except you can't fold it, because they packed the box with more paper trash. There are also people that run after you and tell you to wait. Because it's to hard for them to remember the schedule/put out the bag outside a day before the pickup day. And it's not like you're there for 8 hours and you can go home, you work until the jobs done. So imagine if 20 people stop you for 5 minutes each, and then they wonder why you are so pissed at them.
The "hey wait up" always pisses me off. I don't work a flat 8 and I'm usually looking at a 10 hour shift if nothing goes wrong, put your shit out
@@whoswho1233Dude, if I had to increase my shift to earn less, I work 8 hours and earn 40 dollars, that's in an hour if I increase my shift, I'll earn up to 45 dollars or a little more if that's the case, if I work more than I could, right?😅😅😂😂
Oh man... I worked as a cleaner in the UK. I had to clean streets, stadiums, rooms in hostels, wc... How fuc...ing hard it was. I lost 15 kg in 3 months. I was working as an animal, sometimes for 2 weeks without a rest, for 700-800 pounds. Now I earn like three times that, and I do 10 times less. Society don't recognice the cleaners enough :(
If you think cleaning is bad you should try leaflet distribution, waking 8 hours a day in all weather, only a 20 minute break , carrying huge sack of useless leaflets , I was having 3 red bulls a day
@dinkelxxx are you really comparing walking to touching garbage and breathing horrible smells ?
"My psychologist told me it was all in my head" 😂
Psychologist*
Garbage collectors in my city make way more than minimum wage, and they have a hydraulic lift on their trucks that picks up the garbage bins. Also, if any trash gets strewn around by animals, they just leave it. Lol
Put your shit in a pail with the lid on so the animals don't get it. Damn right we leave it we don't have time for that we got a thousand other stops to get to be considerate and use common sense
What are the hours like? I've been trying to get that job for years.
@@desuretard8654im a garbage collector and work 6:30 am to 3 pm in amsterdam
same here. True that they block the roads on busy streets, but they don't give a f*ck if there's trash laying around. I agree with them, let those who are unable to properly fill their garbage bags keep their shit to stink until they get tired of their own mistakes. Respect to the garbage men!
Same here
i respect sanitary engineers...without their hard work theyrd be way more filth and diseases going around. we appreciate you hard workers
I'm an underwater ceramic technician ( dishwasher )
sanitary engineers are different from garbage collectors actually.
lol sanitary engineers arent garbage collectors@@tonylabrusca6602
Garbage collectors are not sanitary engineers.
I worked on a garbage truck for almost two years and it was the absolute worst job I've ever had. The company I worked for didn't give us breaks and ripped us off hours on our paychecks. Not to mention being out in the rain and snow in the freezing cold where I live it rains 75 percent of the time. What a grueling job.
Wow, I did it in England and it was great fun, got paid well too
@@bennathan7353 I'm glad to hear not everyone had a terrible time like I did. I made 364 dollars a week and live in Newfoundland Canada where it rains 75 percent of the time in the summer and snows 75 percent of the time in the winter
@@kevindaigle I was under the impression that the standard of living was high in Canada, that wage looks impossible to live off,
USA is just a bad spot , I hear other countries have a thing called 4 Day Work Weeks and like most of them work that shift. They slave us in the USA working 80hrs every 2weeks it’s badddd. Can’t have fun with family
If pay was at least enough to let me chill then I wouldn’t complain but We pay for rent on a house that we are barely spending time in because we practically live at work
I've done this job for 4 years, and this video shows just a glimpse of our struggles. It's true that a lot of people don't even think about us when they put their bags out.
But it's not all bad, occasionally the kinder folks will leave us drinks and snacks, sometimes even beer or money.
When I was a kid my mom always told me to say thank you to the garbage collectors whenever they were picking up our trash while we were pulling out of the parking lot in the morning
W mom
Garbage collectors deserve respect and they definitely need a raise
Garbage collectors are paid very well actually. Over $30/hr. That's amazing for not needing a high school diploma
I've heard they're paid considerably more than teachers
@@account-now-closed nah in canada teachers are overpaid. They make triple that of garbage men for 1/3 the work
They get paid well where im from
@@account-now-closed In the Netherlands their salary is just above minimum wage.
I like how they collect Garbage in both New York and Belgium on the same day. Truely amazing workers!
Was looking for this in the comments :)
Queens NY lol
At your service haha @@Maliceyee
I know, but there was a location they showed with Belgian road signs.
@@OrignalPringels
When I was about 8 I wanted to be a garbage collector. They only came round once a week so I assumed they only worked one day a week and had all the other days off.
😂
i wanted to be an ice cream truck
@@lemonstrangler Well, you can publicly identify as an ice cream truck. I’m sure the Biden administration will shower you with praise for being so inclusive and equitable
I love these videos! I’m glad I don’t have to do it, but it just makes me appreciate these workers that get the minimum appreciation from the public.
Since you guys are at it, can you do a video on sewage workers? They deserve some appreciation as well!
Great video! Some good additions showing more frustrations of this job would have been them doing a pre trip inspection only to find multiple flat tires, a broken headlight, several gallons low on hydraulic fluid, tons of garbage behind the packer panel, and a dirty cab from coworkers who don’t take care of the trucks. Also adding the truck breaking down at some point during the route (significant hydraulic leak most likely) and needing to take an old crappy spare that has the same problems found during that pre trip. Also let’s not forget the angry Karen’s and the people who overfill their barrels, don’t bag their garbage, I could go on forever. I’ve been a garbage truck operator for over 3 years, I’ve seen it all. I’m not criticizing your video at all I just wanted to add some things. Thank you for making a video about this line of work.
as a garbage collector i can confirm our life is like this
Thank you for your service.
Let me guess, you must not be working for a local city government? The city collectors seem to be as chill as the mailmen, and bosses in city governments aren't on your ass. Decent pay too. AMAZING benefits. Some get pensions. I considered applying before going back to school.
Or you work for a waste monopoly like WM? If so, then I pity you.
It depends what position you work on. Front load, rear load, roll-off, automated side load. I think rear load operators have it the worst.
your house is littered in trash?
@@thepotatoofheaven yeah i didnt clean them out
I’d rather save one sanitation worker than 100 politicians.
The way i can empathize with this it’s incredibile! Your video are amazing man, you always find a simple but efficient way to get to the point! Thank you zero budget stories
2:18 that scream is always perfect
S/O to all garbage collectors!
You are very important to society ♥
We appreciate the acknowledgement! Remember to sort your recycling!
Agreed. 🙏 as they say: "not all heroes wear -caps- capes"... 🧢
P.S: garbage collecting can be replaced by AI and robotics, can't it? This really should [readily] be the case. But those robots need to be protected from vandals.
Work as a Garbo but do hardwaste collection , legit make 2k a week after taxes for just smashing up furniture so many benefits it’s off its chops
What's s o? Significant other?
@@muz3307i get paid 1200€ per month here lol 😢😂
I was a garbage guy for a while. People would disrespect you and treat you like shit, bags would be overfilled to "save a bag". Had some heavy days out there for sure. Best part is the broken bottles everywhere and working the ghetto. They truly don't give a shit about you out there.
Do people not have garbage bins? Every place I’ve lived in the house had recycle and trash bins
We tip the cans, but typically people will overload the bins and throw bags off to the side. We have to get everything. You'll pick a bag off the ground and it rips, throwing shit everywhere. @@Zach-mw5so
In my country, garbage men don't collect bags not in bins.
Why do I feel like my entire existence has been spent on ‘Dump It Avenue’
He should collect his room’s garbage by himself.
He's a lazy one.
I worked at this old steel mill factory and was a lot worse than garbage pickup.
« see you tomorrow for the exact same day » owdamn that Line was so good 😂😂
Seriously God bless the workers who these kinds of jobs. Literally keeps the world running. Much respect and they deserve to make way more money
Our garbage collection works differently in Australia. we have specially designed "wheelie bins" like a tall thing on wheels that has a coloured lid for either recycling, waste or compost. we wheel them out onto the road on different days and a truck with a mechanical arm picks them up and empties them into the back of a truck and puts them back down on the gutter (or curb). This probably happens elsewhere other than here. There is usually one of two people operating them and they don't have to leave the truck. Though nothing but respect for the people who work these jobs.
In the USA as well, but cities are different.
Imagine your teacher projecting this video then looking at you intensely 😂
The boss gave Chad a tip that was more than the cost of the drink.
Being a trash valet, relatable. The worst bags to take are the ones with fluids in them.
I feel you, currently on my last week Job sucks and people don’t even bother bagging their trash properly or even tying them. Can’t wait for this nightmare to end.
0:58-Does a garbage collector even afford a psychologist?
@2:25 I mean, while not exactly rich, the pay of a garbageman is still a decent bit more than actual minimum wage, at least in the US. I've known a few guys who did it and even starting out they all got paid around $20-$30USD per hour with lots of 1.5-2X overtime pay and also said they'd occasionally find gold, silver, platinum, jewelry, working electronics, antiques, drugs and other things they were able to resell for an off-the-books bonus.
0:04 His invest result is depression😂
Today I quit my job as a garbage truck driver/collector. I did it for 2 months and is extremely hard to do it.
Breathing in dust from the stuff people throw in their garbage bags. Some of that dust being extremely dangerous. 100 or 140 stops daily . Destroying your knees from climbing up and down the truck. Extremely heavy containers that hurt your back when pushed. Maggots and repulsive smells. 10 to 12 hours of work. Sharing a truck cabin with a dude for said amount of hours. Disagreeing on when to put on the AC, stop for lunch, radio station, etc .
Impossible places for a truck to drive into to find a garbage container.
Not gonna lie the pay was excellent.
Respect for the people who do this for years . Next time you see the garbage man and driver , give them a soda, cigarettes, or a snack . It made our day much better
did you work for your city gov. or a company. From what I can tell City collectors have it decent.
@@sam7259 company
Man I love how real this channel is
In Ireland all kerbside collection is in wheeliebins. Makes things easier & faster.
Fair point that they keep society running
Holy spaghettiballs. I've been watching your videos for ages and only now discovered you're Belgian, because of the scenery at 1:54 hahahaha. I love your videos, fellow Belgian!
Yeah I discovered that too months ago I was surprised when I saw it
I'm not Belgian but I lived in Belgium for 5 years so it was nice to see my second home represented. ❤😊
I was always under the impression that this was a good job to have. My bro in law was a garbage truck driver in Seattle and made good money. He did work some long days tho.
Welcome to the great show on youtube everybody! Low budget stories where wojak has to take it by hand. Waiting for plumber or sewer maintainer job
Believe it or not I think this job is a step up in life! Training to be the truck driver is expensive where I am & this clip is helping me choose my future.
Ps BITCOIN FEB 2025! ESCAPE
Thank you so much for the donation man! It’s a real pleasure to receive your support!
Gotta admire mooner's upbeat attitude throughout this.
As a current garbage collector this video is great, but doesn't truly capture how tough this job can really be.
I don't know why I love these so much!
Was doing garbage colleting as a summer job and ill be honest its pretty draining job. Nobody is there to say "thank you" everybody just kind of doesnt see you
You are appreciated garbage collectors cause when you arent there poeple will see the garbage pilling up
My next-door neighbor worked at the county landfill. He had nothing positive to say about it, other than it was a steady wage and he could get health insurance. The landfill was run by some outsourced corporation by the county, they cut corners everywhere safety-wise. Trucks were always getting stuck in mud or flipping over on steep grades. Many of the employees were unreliable degenerates, but rarely would anyone be fired - it's tough work and difficult to get people to show up. My neighbor spent a lot of time spraying some kind of mosquito repellant on top of the trash, and stunk like h311 so that his wife insisted he change clothes before entering the house. He caught COVID a few years ago and died without even being able to collect Social Security from this crummy job.
Right there is why public sanitation, trash pickup, and landfill management should always be directly managed and funded by municipalities (city or county) and the labor force UNIONIZED. They must meet State and Federal guidelines and they are funded and operated to that end.
OTOH, a private company will always cut corners to squeeze out a few bucks of profit for the dead weight at the top.
Nailed it.
0:16 most people would gloss over details like this but I like how up to date the calendar is
I had read a story about the garbage cleaners in my school story book, after that day my respect for them and cleanliness of my house and city increased very much
Here in WA, those gigs pay $40 per hour and lots of OT and vacation. Guys I've met are actually doing pretty well for themselves.
I gotta say, there must be a lot that goes into these videos. I respect it
Anyone else notice that the beds Wojack sleeps on get worse per video
Just try to imagine the world without them.
It would quickly pile up, some people would try to burn it away, most people would take it and dump it in the forest, river, lake or the ocean. The whole world would look like those highly contaminated cities in India.
@@HideorEscape Literally france during the strikes my guy.
Lol why do we even need to try? We don’t even think about them at all in our daily lives. So that’s already a world without them.
Garbage collzectors deserve more respect than their bosses, they work hard to keep our environement clean and they receive a minimum salary
Amazing work bro
My job is super white collar. Banker in wealth management. And I have so much respect for garbage collectors I'm often confused when others don't see their value. These guys are absolutely essential.
I’ve always looked up to garbage men. I love the big trucks and machines ❤ One time I was allowed to operate the compactor by trash men.❤ still my favorite memories. Garbage men are true hero’s.
Exactly the same as my job, except I sit in front of a computer all day.
Reality is that Binmen have a pretty comfy job minus waking up early.
When I worked as a binman I often finished work very early and still got paid for the full time
What was your salary?
Garbage collectors deserve more respect, it's a physically demanding job that carries a lot of risk and their work improves our livelihoods as well. Truly underrated job.
I can keep learning English thanks to your interesting videos, thanks!!
We should respect them 💖, Thanks for making video on this topic
Doesn't look like a bad life honestly. You can do a lot with the money you make from that job. It's honest work and you're doing a good deed for the community
The LA Times had an article about sanitation workers and their yearly salary around $120k. They buy nice houses, cars, etc. There's a guy on Howard Stern's show bragging about his lifestyle as a garbage man.
@@rahsaanthomas7030handpickers dont make shit and none of our residential drivers make 100k a year, some do though
I live in apartments and people here are awful. We have 40 units in out part of the area and 40 more in the back. They have to pick the trash up 3 times a week. They throw the trash randomly in the dumpster and I see the workers have to clean the area before he moves the dumpster outside. Sometimes the dumpsters are too full and the trash falls out when they try to move the dumpster. Then the homeless come and tear all the bags open. Thank goodness for these workers. I have a lot of respect for them because otherwise it would be awful to live here with all the trash.
At least this time Wojak seems to have same-minded nice co-workers and he's generaly away from his bosses taking a trip around the town. I've saw him in more psycologically stressing shit jobs.
This guy needs some new ideas, the "rubbish job" thing is getting stale ,
People often say get a real job but I would consider this one of the realist jobs you can do.
Our hearts go out to this Wojak and his struggle. May he one day soon pick up his last bag.
I hate bogdanoff, he’s always want to ruin Wojak
@@xdrazormon454that's why
My Lord. Imagine being a waste specialist working in Skid-damn-Row in LA. As a Californian, God bless who works that sector. All prayers and blessings to You
0:13 FART
When i was a kid id always watch them drive by my grandma's alley, i thought the truck was so cool looking.
My parents always told me I would go up to be a garbage collector.
Did the bins for 2 years. Very hard work. People only see their street. And for some reason most of the public hated us. Strange behaviour but when we got a week off at Xmas everyone crys about all the rubbish.
Please do life of a factory/warehouse worker. 👍
When he said please not downtown again I felt that 🤣, I used to hate going down them tight ass alleys w mad traffic all around you to make it even harder to back in an alley that is only as wide as the truck w a bunch of phone poles. Plus there was always 10x more work. I do feel bad for the dude in this video for having to hand lift every can
This is a true job. If it wasn’t for my garbage collector, my house would stink of pure shit and ass.
I like how he encourages himself. Very wholesome.
Someone has to clean the streets these days. A lot of people are throwing shi away, NOT in the bin! 🤐😒
They're wrong for that. 🥲
@@jay__visions Ong 💀
bro its like crazy wojaks life is like mine iam bad at trading i dont have any job i wanna change myself when i see these type of videos. Thanks for doing these type of videos.
I work as a Software Engineer (Backend) and honestly thought about working part-time as a garbage collector and enjoying my free time and do some side projects.
Hard work that is taxing on the body can be such a great balance.
But maybe we always want what we don´t have.
How did they go from 125th Street in Harlem Manhattan to Sunnyside Queens in one shift?
This is why you should minimize the trash you produce as much as possible. Your food scraps to the compost or chickens, burn your paper and cardboard at home and don't buy as much plastic. It's insane how much trash you get from a single online order, that's why it's better to shop in real life. Not much is in our hards but we have to at least help eachother❤
I really like this series because it depicts bosses who are the embodiment of capitalism.
i was a rear end paper garbage collector in belguim for 4years,up to 30tonnes a day collecting paper with bare hands killing my back spine.
You should do one on security guards. Unarmed ones in particular
Lol that'd be hilarious
The shower fart is accurate af
Not really accurate because garbage collectors make a decent living, have the freedom to work outdoors, and are better respected than most UA-camrs. This whole series is meant to be dark, depressing, and dystopian without offering any bright side. It's disrespectful and not fun to watch. And the supercilious audacity for these "content creators" to criticize hard working people without offering any solution while getting clicks is disturbing.
This one of the few jobs I thought would be replaced by robots first.
Do life of a prison guard
Good idea ngl
This has to be one of the worst jobs possible
that sounds like hell
great idea
Very interesing the way of how capitalism works... the onwer of the capital always will explore the workers.. its the essency of capitalism..
there was a garbage collector job offer in my town, they offered free license for driving truck plus above average pay, working from 4.30 a.m to 1 p.m. I Sent my candidature a lo of time, still they didn't take me because there is a lot of concurrence. I can't become even a garbage collector😂😂💪