This is how the apprentice system works y'all. They pay you while they train you. Just like college is a couple of years, you need three years of training to graduate to journeyman.
@caffshepherd@Schmutz_9R IBEW is desperate for electricians in Texas. Average starting wage for someone completely inexperienced is almost $18/hr in the cities.
Maybe I'm just really clueless, but to this day I still don't get why they make doctors do 24-hour shifts. If there's a real emergency, you want someone who's been working for 23 hours to operate on you? Like, can't they just rotate schedules like in every other job?
@Hitchslap1 Separate the fact that the two are related, and then you can see men doing this too- abusing another from their position of power for the self.