There is an ad in this week's Walton Sun for SWFD announcing tryouts for lifeguards. There is a swim and run test, and all hires will go through extensive training so it notes. Starting pay -- $12.50 per hour.
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Funnkalicious
There is an ad in this week's Walton Sun for SWFD announcing tryouts for lifeguards. There is a swim and run test, and all hires will go through extensive training so it notes. Starting pay -- $12.50 per hour.Can we just come watch? :idontno:
Wait. That's really good pay. What are the dates of the "season"?
SoWal ExpertAuthor
Can we just come watch? :idontno::idontno:
Wait. That's really good pay. What are the dates of the "season"?
I believe the "season" stated at the County Commissioners meeting was to include Spring Break. The ad does not state the info. Tryouts are held on Feb 18. There is a 500 meter swim followed by a 1.5 mile run.
Contact SoWal Fire District at 850-267-1298 or email Deputy Chief Hughes at shughes@swfd.org
fishlips
do you have to pay for your own background check, or does the county do it free? what? no background check? and you trust them to watch your kids?
Beach Fanatic
The flip side is that it's not nearly enough pay to make it worth it for a lot of people who would otherwise be qualified for the job. I'm betting they end up hiring foreign or out of the area guards to some degree because the locals have seen how much abuse the cops get when they try to order people out of the water on double red flag days. (Do you know who I am? I paid all this money for a beach vacation and I'm going to go into the water no matter what you say!)
Beach Fanatic
There is an ad in this week's Walton Sun for SWFD announcing tryouts for lifeguards. There is a swim and run test, and all hires will go through extensive training so it notes. Starting pay -- $12.50 per hour.
Wow, I lifeguarded for years during summer breaks in high school/college and we only got paid minimum wage.
Will the test require prospective guards to run in slow motion down the beach, blond hair-a-flying ala Baywatch?
Beach Fanatic
Wow, I lifeguarded for years during summer breaks in high school/college and we only got paid minimum wage.
Will the test require prospective guards to run in slow motion down the beach, blond hair-a-flying ala Baywatch?
:lolabove: No. That's the SoWal Turtle Watch you're thinking of. :lol:
Beach Fanatic
:lolabove: No. That's the SoWal Turtle Watch you're thinking of. :lol:
Ha, I love it. I never could master that look.....of course that's probably why I was only being paid minimum....
SoWal Insider
Wow, I lifeguarded for years during summer breaks in high school/college and we only got paid minimum wage.
$12.50 is minimum wage when one has to pay $2.50+ per gallon to commute into SoWal daily from the closest 'affordable' living area. The lifeguards should at least be pulling in upwards of $20 per hour.
I agree with Mouse...they won't need velvet ropes to hold back a crowd flocking to area to apply for these jobs...but I give the county an "A" for effort.
Beach Fanatic
Can we just come watch? :idontno:Bay Watch in SoWal!!!!!!! :cool:
Beach Fanatic
$12.50 is minimum wage when one has to pay $2.50+ per gallon to commute into SoWal daily from the closest 'affordable' living area. The lifeguards should at least be pulling in upwards of $20 per hour.
Well since you started this train of thought, let's take it further:
What should the minumum wage for south Walton be?
-Starting with the Florida minimum wage rate of $6.40/hour and factoring in a Cost of Living Index.
Or what should that rate be assuming, as you say, that minimum wage workers are commuting from Freeport or DeFuniak Springs?
$20/ hour sounds a little arbitrary, I want to hear a line of reasoning behind a figure.
SoWal Expert
Wow, I lifeguarded for years during summer breaks in high school/college and we only got paid minimum wage.
Will the test require prospective guards to run in slow motion down the beach, blond hair-a-flying ala Baywatch?
I just keep thinking about David Hasslehoff and his cameo in the Spongebob movie!
SoWal ExpertAuthor
[/b]I am thinking of a different blonde in a different movie. 😀 I may have to go watch the tryouts myself. :wub: Hubba, hubba.
I just keep thinking about David Hasslehoff and his cameo in the Spongebob movie!
By the way, Ms Lucille's Gossip Parlor is also hiring with average pay around $11 per hour and you do not have to give mouth to mouth. :funn:
Funnkalicious
I am thinking of a different blonde in a different movie. 😀 I may have to go watch the tryouts myself. :wub: Hubba, hubba.You say it like it's a bad thing. :idontno:
By the way, Ms Lucille's Gossip Parlor is also hiring with average pay around $11 per hour and you do not have to give mouth to mouth. :funn:
SoWal Expert
I am thinking of a different blonde in a different movie. 😀 I may have to go watch the tryouts myself. :wub: Hubba, hubba.
By the way, Ms Lucille's Gossip Parlor is also hiring with average pay around $11 per hour and you do not have to give mouth to mouth. :funn:[/QUOTE]
or wear a bathing suit
SoWal Expert
You say it like it's a bad thing. :idontno:
Kimmi- you don't get to "select" the recipients of mouth-to-mouth!:floor:
SoWal ExpertAuthor
You say it like it's a bad thing. :idontno:I guess you have never had to give mouth to mouth and had the victim puke in your mouth? :puke:
Funnkalicious
I guess you have never had to give mouth to mouth and had the victim puke in your mouth? :puke:True...Never did it. I'm certified though. I'm sure I'd screw it up anyway.
Beach Fanatic
Will the test require prospective guards to run in slow motion down the beach, blond hair-a-flying ala Baywatch?
Run, Yasmine, Run! :wub:
SoWal Insider
Well since you started this train of thought, let's take it further:
What should the minumum wage for south Walton be?
-Starting with the Florida minimum wage rate of $6.40/hour and factoring in a Cost of Living Index.
Or what should that rate be assuming, as you say, that minimum wage workers are commuting from Freeport or DeFuniak Springs?
$20/ hour sounds a little arbitrary, I want to hear a line of reasoning behind a figure.
You're right...it was an arbitrary number...but I like your challenge. Let me look at it and get back to you. In the meantime, do you have a wage in mind, or are you planning on sticking to the $6.40 per hour as a living wage for the area?
SoWal ExpertAuthor
You're right...it was an arbitrary number...but I like your challenge. Let me look at it and get back to you. In the meantime, do you have a wage in mind, or are you planning on sticking to the $6.40 per hour as a living wage for the area?Perhaps this should be on a serious thread in the general section.:idontno: I would like to hear some thoughts on this subject. By the way, minimum wage does not equal living wage most everywhere in the USA.
Beach Lover
You guys be serious! :(
SoWal Insider
Perhaps this should be on a serious thread in the general section.:idontno: I would like to hear some thoughts on this subject. By the way, minimum wage does not equal living wage most everywhere in the USA.
Minimum wage NEVER is equal to a living wage ANYWHERE in the USA. But when the employer insists on a 39 1/2 hour work week (to avoid benefits) that's essentially what it's become.
I personally think the commute for low-wage employees back and forth to SoWal from "affordable" areas accounts for at least 2 hours of unpaid work per day. So at $12.50 ph for 8 hours in SoWal would be $100 per day which (if you add on the 2-hour commute) would come out to $10 per hour. Considering the additional cost of gas, wear & tear on the car, a jacked-up car insurance bill and commuting headaches...is it any wonder some would prefer just to roll out of bed and put in their 10 hours for 4-days at the DeFuniak Tastee-Freeze for a couple bucks less and getting another local part-time job to make up the couple bucks difference on the 5th day?
Just think--these poor souls have to work 1 1/2 hours to buy a fish sandwich off the bar menu at Cafe 30A (just as an example). Someone is making the money at the businesses in the area....employers are going to have to start narrowing their profit margins (or raising their prices) to pay their workers more (and yes, that may mean paying a living wage) or they will find it difficult to staff their establishments when the customers with money come rolling in the door.
The cheap labor who used to live in the surrounding communities have been pushed out of the area to make way for upscale development--now they want them to make a long commute back down in heavy, dangerous traffic for low wages? I don't think so.
Beach Fanatic
Wow, I lifeguarded for years during summer breaks in high school/college and we only got paid minimum wage.
Will the test require prospective guards to run in slow motion down the beach, blond hair-a-flying ala Baywatch?
When I lifeguarded in the 'hood, the minimum wage was $4.25/hour, and the city paid us $6/hour ($6.25 when we were teaching lessons) Yeah, we used to have to sometimes tell people they couldn't smoke pot on the pool deck, and I once had an eight year old threaten another kid with a knife, but for the most part, our patrons were very nice kids. And those that weren't nice kids were still nice to the pool staff because we could get them kicked out of the park for the summer if they gave us too much lip.
Beach Fanatic
You're right...it was an arbitrary number...but I like your challenge. Let me look at it and get back to you. In the meantime, do you have a wage in mind, or are you planning on sticking to the $6.40 per hour as a living wage for the area?
Let's not confuse minimum wage with living wage. And no, I wasn't advocating for any rate, it was a challenge in the true spirit of formulating a reasonable rate that could be used by employers/employees.
SJ, you are right -I'll start a new thread.
Beach Fanatic
do you have to pay for your own background check, or does the county do it free? what? no background check? and you trust them to watch your kids?I don't think they are suppose to be babysitters. I'm sure the county is assuming parents will still be watching their own kids. But in todays world, who know.
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