Speaker A
Hey everybody, it's Ariani Talagringa.
Ariannita la Gringa interviews diverse Americans about their jobs, work hours, earnings, and favorite and least favorite aspects of their work.
Key Takeaways
- Work hours and earnings vary significantly across different professions in the USA.
- Job satisfaction often comes from interpersonal connections and problem-solving.
- Many workers face challenges such as long hours, emotional stress, and unpredictable schedules.
- Entry-level salaries can be low, especially in service and volunteer roles.
- Career aspirations and education influence job choices and future plans.
Summary
- Ariannita la Gringa asks various people in the USA about their occupations and daily work routines.
- Interviewees include a maintenance manager, football analyst, server, barista, police officer, bartender, gym front desk employee, event planner, medical volunteer, and intern.
- Participants share their favorite and least favorite parts of their jobs, highlighting personal experiences and challenges.
- Work hours vary widely, from part-time student schedules to 70-hour workweeks.
- Annual earnings range from minimum wage to low six-figure salaries, with some jobs offering fluctuating income or stipends.
- Some interviewees discuss career aspirations and educational backgrounds, such as studying speech pathology or planning to attend medical school.
- The video provides insight into the diversity of American work life, including job satisfaction and financial realities.
- Several interviewees mention the importance of customer interaction and problem-solving in their roles.
- Challenges like overwhelming multitasking, dealing with rude customers, and emotional tolls of certain jobs are also discussed.
- The video captures a snapshot of different professions and personal reflections on work-life balance in the USA.
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Speaker A
And welcome back to my YouTube channel in today's video.
Speaker A
Let's go.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker B
My name's Austin.
Speaker A
Hi Austin, what do you do for a living?
Speaker B
I work downtown at Divisions Maintenance Group and I manage a book of business for various different clients.
Speaker B
And I help them with their facility maintenance.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker B
Probably my favorite part is just seeing my client's reaction when I solve a problem for them.
Speaker A
And then what kind of projects do you work on?
Speaker B
Well, right now, I won't say the name, but I work for a donut company.
Speaker B
And I help them out with making sure their donut lines are running.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker B
I'm pushing like 70 hours per week right now.
Speaker B
That's why after hours.
Speaker A
Sounds like you work a lot and then how much do you earn each year?
Speaker B
Right now, I'm tracking towards 115.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker C
Mitch Kaiser.
Speaker A
Hi Mitch, what do you do for a living?
Speaker C
I work for Pro Football Focus, I am a college football analyst for PFF here in Cincinnati.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker C
Getting to watch every college football game and then write about it later on.
Speaker C
I write articles covering college football.
Speaker A
And what's your favorite article you've written?
Speaker C
I wrote an article last fall about why Michael Penix should have won the Heisman.
Speaker C
I was pretty happy about it.
Speaker C
And then he played really well, so that's probably my favorite article.
Speaker A
How many hours a week do you work?
Speaker C
40.
Speaker C
Sometimes more in the season, summer times you get probably less than 40 because it's off season and then when fall rolls around, probably like 60 hours some weeks.
Speaker A
How much do you earn each year?
Speaker C
Not enough.
Speaker C
Not not enough, I'm going to say that.
Speaker A
What's the minimum you could earn if you just started out?
Speaker C
Probably like 30k would be the minimum, like the lowest.
Speaker C
I make a little more than that, but not great, you know.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker D
Hi, my name's Katie.
Speaker A
Hi Katie, what do you do for a living?
Speaker D
I am a server.
Speaker A
And what's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker D
I meet so many cool people, especially being downtown, I feel like it's such a wide variety of people that I get and it's just really cool to to meet so many different kinds of people.
Speaker A
What do you do every day for your job?
Speaker D
I go around, I get tables and I basically just take their food and drink order.
Speaker D
Chat it up with them.
Speaker D
And have a good time.
Speaker D
Do anything they need.
Speaker D
Fill up their waters.
Speaker D
Keep them happy.
Speaker A
And then what's your least favorite part about your job?
Speaker D
Sometimes it gets really overwhelming, I I love to multitask.
Speaker D
But sometimes it's like I'm not an octopus.
Speaker D
It's hard to do 20 million things at once, but that's not always all the time.
Speaker D
That's just really busy days.
Speaker D
It can be overwhelming for sure.
Speaker A
How many hours each week?
Speaker D
Right now, I'm doing about 40 during the school year, I do like 25, 30, a few days a week.
Speaker A
Okay, so you're a student as well?
Speaker D
Yeah.
Speaker A
What do you study?
Speaker D
I'm speech pathology.
Speaker D
I just graduated.
Speaker A
Oh, congrats.
Speaker A
And then how much do you earn each year?
Speaker D
Each year.
Speaker D
I think if I was working full-time, it would be a lot more, but I think this year it was like 25,000, 22, 25,000, and that's with full-time in the summer and then part-time during the school year.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker E
Hi, my name is Cameron.
Speaker A
Hi Cameron, what do you do for a living?
Speaker E
Currently, I work here at Starbucks at 580.
Speaker A
And what do you do for your job?
Speaker E
I'm a barista.
Speaker E
I make coffees.
Speaker E
Do food here.
Speaker E
Ring out customers and make sure everybody's met with what they need.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker E
Connecting with the customers for sure, getting to know people as they come in and just being able to make those connections with everybody.
Speaker A
And then what's the least favorite part about your job?
Speaker E
I'm going to hit it with a little comedic joke, I would say dishes.
Speaker A
Dishes.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker E
I work about 30 to 35 hours a week.
Speaker A
How much do you earn?
Speaker E
Right now, I'm currently making 16.75 an hour.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker F
Orlando Smith.
Speaker A
Hi Orlando, what do you do for a living?
Speaker F
Cincinnati law enforcement.
Speaker A
And then what's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker F
Favorite part.
Speaker F
Lunchtime.
Speaker F
Lunchtime is good.
Speaker F
Because we do so much, you never know when you're going to get a lunch break, so it's you could be on the run for several hours and you're standing there thinking, a cheeseburger is going to be great when it's time in.
Speaker A
What's your least favorite part about your job?
Speaker F
Oh man.
Speaker F
I think seeing so many victims, I think we see so many victims of crimes is kind of put you in a manic space in your head.
Speaker A
And then how many hours do you work each week?
Speaker F
10 hour day, we do 10 hour shifts.
Speaker F
We work four on, four off for three weeks, then we work five on, three off for three weeks.
Speaker A
If you don't mind me asking, how much do you earn every year?
Speaker F
I make around the low six figures.
Speaker A
And then if someone was just starting out, how much would they make as a police officer?
Speaker F
I think top out is maybe $80,000 with the city of Cincinnati.
Speaker A
Well, thank you so much, Orlando.
Speaker A
Nice to meet you.
Speaker F
Thank you.
Speaker F
You too.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker G
I'm Jacob.
Speaker A
Hi Jacob.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker G
I am a bartender and I work private dining events.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker G
My favorite part about my job is the flexible scheduling that it comes with.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker G
Anywhere between 25 and 35.
Speaker A
What is the least favorite part about your job?
Speaker G
Late nights and the occasional rude customer.
Speaker A
How much do you earn each year?
Speaker G
On paper, around 65k.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker H
Hi, my name's Emilio.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker H
Currently, I'm just employed at Planet Fitness as a front desk employee.
Speaker H
The things that I love about working at Planet Fitness is that it gives me a free membership.
Speaker H
I've always wanted to be more into the like the active lifestyle and things like that.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker H
I think a typical work week about 40 hours, I think.
Speaker A
How much do you earn each year?
Speaker H
I actually don't know because I just started this job about like three months-ish ago, three to four months ago.
Speaker H
So I I haven't done the calculations.
Speaker H
But it is about minimum wage.
Speaker A
How much is minimum wage right now?
Speaker H
It's about like 10 something an hour.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker I
Brandy.
Speaker A
Hi Brandy, what do you do for a living?
Speaker I
I'm a venue manager and event planner.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker I
There are a lot, but getting able to plan people's special day, their wedding, their events, birthday party.
Speaker I
That's probably my favorite thing.
Speaker A
What's your favorite thing to plan?
Speaker I
I would say weddings.
Speaker A
And then what's your least favorite part about your job?
Speaker I
I'm on call all the time, so I never have a day off really.
Speaker I
I'm always answering emails, phone calls, text messages.
Speaker I
Dealing with brides.
Speaker A
How much do you make each year?
Speaker I
It fluctuates, so I have a base salary and commission, but I live comfortably.
Speaker A
If someone was just starting out with event planning, how much would they normally make?
Speaker I
Probably 50,000 a year.
Speaker A
Okay, yeah.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker J
I'm Ava.
Speaker A
Hi Ava, what do you do for a living?
Speaker J
So I just am about to move to Guatemala in June and I'm going to be working for a medical clinic through University of Cincinnati.
Speaker A
What will be your favorite part about the job?
Speaker J
I'm really excited to get to work with underprivileged communities in like a medical setting.
Speaker J
And I hope to go to medical school.
Speaker A
That's amazing.
Speaker A
And do you speak Spanish?
Speaker J
Yes, I do.
Speaker A
And then how many hours will you work each week in Guatemala?
Speaker J
It depends, so when the doctors and med students are going down there, it'll be like more of a full-time job working in the clinic.
Speaker A
How much will you earn each week?
Speaker J
It's pretty much a volunteer job.
Speaker J
I make very little money.
Speaker J
It's pretty much volunteer.
Speaker J
But I have some good stipends for food and I'll stay with a host family.
Speaker A
That's amazing.
Speaker A
Well, thank you so much.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker K
Allison.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker K
I am currently an intern at the Catalytic Fund in Northern Kentucky.
Speaker A
What kind of work do you do?
Speaker K
So we're a not for profit real estate investment firm.
Speaker K
So we basically help with like redevelopment for things so that people who might not have the money to do so.
Speaker K
Can build pretty buildings.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about the job?
Speaker K
I enjoy feeling like I'm making a difference and like working with like saving historical buildings.
Speaker A
What's the least favorite part about your job?
Speaker K
My office doesn't have a window, so I wish my office had a window that I could look out of.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker K
Between 35 and 40.
Speaker A
How much do you earn each year?
Speaker K
Currently, I make 17 an hour because it's just a summer internship while I'm in graduate school.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker L
Joe Nickel.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker L
I'm an urban designer and city planner.
Speaker A
What do you like most about your job?
Speaker L
I love being able to work with people to change and improve their neighborhoods, their cities, their towns.
Speaker L
And I like drawing.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker L
Try to keep it under 45.
Speaker A
How much do you earn every year?
Speaker L
I'm not going to answer that.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker M
Hi, I'm Alex.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker M
So I'm a shift supervisor at Starbucks.
Speaker A
What do you do for your job?
Speaker M
So my job is running anything on the floor, just making sure everyone's making drinks, just making sure everything runs smoothly and making sure the day-to-day stuff works well.
Speaker A
What do you like about your job?
Speaker M
I love being able to see different people.
Speaker A
What's the least favorite part about your job?
Speaker M
I would say dealing with the downside of dealing with so many people, you get like random people that think they can do whatever.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker M
So I work around 40 hours each week.
Speaker A
How much do you earn each week or each year?
Speaker M
Each year is probably around 60 to 70,000.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker N
My name is Kyle.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker N
I just started a new job in sales in Tampa, so I started about two weeks.
Speaker A
And what kind of job do you have?
Speaker N
So I work in the elevator industry, so I'm working as a sales trainee.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker N
I just like the environment, the job flexibility.
Speaker A
How many hours will you work each week?
Speaker N
So I typically work full-time, so I'll be in the office five days a week, eight hours a day.
Speaker A
How much will you earn?
Speaker N
So I'll be around 95 my first year, hopefully.
Speaker N
It's commission based, so it could be above that, below that.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker O
My name is Calvin Johnson.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker O
Well, I'm a retired Cincinnati police sergeant, but now I'm a supervisor for Cincinnati Metro Transit.
Speaker A
What do you normally do for work, like what is your day-to-day look like?
Speaker O
Supervise the coaches that drive around the city, make sure they're safe, getting there on time, making sure we have a positive experience riding the metro.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker O
The people, interacting with people and being able to assist them to get to A and B.
Speaker A
And least favorite part about your job?
Speaker O
Probably the hours right now.
Speaker O
Work 8 at night to 4 in the morning.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week in total?
Speaker O
Uh, 40 hours a week.
Speaker A
How much do you earn each year?
Speaker O
Approximately 80,000.
Speaker A
Hi, what's your name?
Speaker P
My name is Evan Hunter.
Speaker A
What do you do for a living?
Speaker P
I'm a data scientist at Fifth Third Bank.
Speaker A
What's your favorite part about your job?
Speaker P
I honestly really love my coworkers.
Speaker P
We have a lot of great people I work with.
Speaker A
What kind of projects do you work on?
Speaker P
I'm primarily working on our digital messaging chatbot Genie right now, and so working a lot with our operations partners, working a lot with our developers who work on the chatbot, figuring out what the chatbot's going to say in various circumstances.
Speaker A
How many hours do you work each week?
Speaker P
40, 50, somewhere in there.
Speaker P
Not too many.
Speaker P
I don't work as much as many people do.
Speaker A
Okay, everybody, I hope you guys enjoyed this and I hope this video gives you a glimpse of what people do for a living and how much they earn each year.
Speaker A
Go ahead and give me a like, subscribe, and I'll see you guys next week.
Speaker A
Bye.
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