Not trying to be a jerk, but basic supply and demand.
There are literally millions of Americans who are able to perform the duties of a lifeguard. Millions more that could "manage" lifeguards.
Having your job be spending most of your day on a beautiful beach in southern California? That's a dream to many people!
I hearing on NPR (maybe This American Life?) about a lawyer who works full-time at his own firm during most of the year, but during the summer months goes on sabbatical to work as a lifeguard in the NY area. He's been doing this since he was a kid. Working as a lifeguard is his vacation!
You can't say the same about a Google or Facebook engineer. There's only so many people that could do the job, and very few would consider it their "dream" to code all day for a giant corporation. No one would consider it a vacation!
FWIW we should pay lifeguards a living wage! But $400k for an low-skill job that doesn't even require a high school education? Wow.
There are literally millions of Americans who are able to perform the duties of a lifeguard. Millions more that could "manage" lifeguards.
Having your job be spending most of your day on a beautiful beach in southern California? That's a dream to many people!
I hearing on NPR (maybe This American Life?) about a lawyer who works full-time at his own firm during most of the year, but during the summer months goes on sabbatical to work as a lifeguard in the NY area. He's been doing this since he was a kid. Working as a lifeguard is his vacation!
You can't say the same about a Google or Facebook engineer. There's only so many people that could do the job, and very few would consider it their "dream" to code all day for a giant corporation. No one would consider it a vacation!
FWIW we should pay lifeguards a living wage! But $400k for an low-skill job that doesn't even require a high school education? Wow.