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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are unbelievable!  Can't make on $350,000?
I'm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland now.
One of Mom's caregivers works three jobs.

She told me she is thinking of working a 4th job as
she wants her daughter in private middle school.

Main job--day care worker $10.00 per hour
Second job--dementia wing lock down unit worker $10.00 per hour
Third job--private caregiver for Mom who has alzheimers
$18.00 per hour

Daycare worker (40 hours per week) $20,800
Assisted living demenita worker  (18 hours per week) $9360
Private duty caregiver for Mom (17 hours per week) $15.912

Gross pay per year $46,072
Hours worked per week 76

I'm getting to give her a raise to go to $19 per hour.
She works one overnight shift with Mom from 9:00 pm
until 7:00 am and then she works one weekend
shift with mom from 2:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

There are 4 private middle schools in the area. One is
Catholic, one is Christian, and the other two are
alternative.  She said if she has to she will
take on a fourth job to get her kid in private middle school.

Public middle schools in this area are abysmal.

I told her I thought some of the schools might
have sliding scales.

Again.....you all are whiners if you can't make
it on $350,000 on a 40 hour work week.

This woman's story is the story of much of middle
America.

PS.  This woman isn't jetting off on the exotic vacations
that DCUM loves.[/quote]

She needs to move ASAP. My cleaning lady makes $30-$40 an hour. She has been in this country for only 6 years and actually just got a housekeeper job at that rate for 3 days a week.
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