A short excerpt from a YouTube video (Mark Evans DM) arguing that janitorial wages top out around $20/hour. The speaker warns long-tenured janitors that loyalty and hard work alone won't raise pay further and urges them to 'raise yourself'—seek higher-value roles or fight for advancement within the company.
The going rate at the highest level for a janitor is 20 bucks an hour. They can't pay anymore, but you get paid 21 an hour. You've been there for 18 years. Busted your towel. You show up every day. You brag about not taking vacations. Listen, that's awesome. It's very honorable. But the problem is, is in that janitorial position, you're tapped out. You can't go higher. They're hiring people at your level price level, because inflation's changed, times change. They need to be marketable to get someone in there to take over your job. And yet you're getting mad because you're not getting the raise. Well, you need to get mad at yourself, because you need to raise yourself. You. You need to raise yourself inside of that company and become profitable at a different level. You need to go in there and fight for what you want. More of.
