Truck driver's eye-watering salary that let's her take half a year off work
dailystar.co.ukTikTok that she gets paid a cool $110,000 (£63k) for only six months of work."After about three months, my rate went to $43.50 (£24.84) an hour," the FIFO worker said."For my first year as a greenie (a truck driver who is still learning), I would have taken about $94,000 (£54k) [home] annually.""My new rate is about $51.50 (£29.41) an hour so that's pretty good," she said.And that's not all, because her company rewards loyalty with monthly bonuses."And the contracting company I'm with pays you a bonus each month if you stay with them - that's about $2,000 (£1,142).""Annually, at my $51.50 rate, that would be about $112,000 (£64k) per annum," she said."My bonuses could be around $10,000 (£5.7k).
So around $122,000 (£70k) for my first year."For more incredible stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Ashlea said she typically does 14 days of work then gets a 14-day long break."I think it is pretty good for working only six months of the year as a truckie."Last year an Aussie traffic control worker took to social media to complain about her job, despite it earning her about $156,000 (£89k) per year.TikTok user Chloe Taouk claimed to rake in nearly $500 (£285) for a lengthy 12-hour shift .
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