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In reply to the discussion: Why are surgeons paid more than brick layers? [View all]WillowTree
(5,325 posts)How much does his office, office equipment and office staff cost? How often does he have to go back for re-training in the latest bricklaying technology and techniques?
And by the way, most tradesmen that I know are union members who make a reasonable living, are paid overtime for more than 40 hours/week and premium pay if they have to work on the weekend for some reason (which isn't as often as you make out) and do take vacations. In fact, just about any union tradesman makes significantly more money than I do and I'm fairly comfortable financially. That bleak description of the life of a journeyman in the trades amounts to a bad cliché and an elitist view of those who work in blue collar pursuits.
Yes, surgeons make more money than bricklayers. If you think there's something wrong with that, I suggest that you have your next kidney transplant performed by someone who went to school (plus internship and residency) exactly as long as a bricklayer does and let us know how that works out.