What kind of jobs are out there with a 40 hour week around $20 an hour.?
Asked by ashwake
I'm sick of my factory job. My own search has found... Forklift driver. Machine operator. As a creature of habit I'm staying to my own fields of work and would appreciate other view points/ personal experience.

Best Answer:
I have experience in customer service and as an electro-mechanical technician, primarily on business machines (copiers, fax machines, printers, etc). I have also worked in factories and warehouses as well as out in the field. I quit my $15/hr job in Dec 2007 thinking I had skills that would keep me from being unemployed for an extended length of time but it is now Jan 2009 and I am still unemployed. In addition to that, I have found few jobs with my qualifications that pay over $15/hr. In fact, most of the jobs for which I am qualified are paying more along the lines of $10/hr-$13/hr. (Yes I did apply for them anyway and still didn't get hired). What I am driving at here is that I have excellent skills with customers, communication, as well as technical expertise. Having searched for a job for over a year now, you will likely find no jobs with your skills for $20/hr and only a 40 hour week. I'm not saying that it's impossible and I'm not saying these jobs don't exist. Merely that you shouldn't get your hopes up.

it aint about the money - pick a job you love and will enjoy doing for the rest of your life and learn to live with your means.. beleive it or not I saved up for a 3 bedroom house while making minimum wage - it can be done!
Answered by CF_

Well, what state do you live in? To make $20/hr in the state I live, you'd have to be doing something more than driving a forlift.
Answered by Soramdara