Through a video he published on his TikTok account, A Latino who lives in Texas showed what a day of work was like and revealed the amount he earned based on some client orders that he received that day. After the images were published, they gained a lot of impact on the platform and generated interactions.
In the world, and especially on the continent, The dream of many is to move to the United States and build a life there. Based on the possibilities that the North American country offers, migrants settle with the hope of obtaining a good economic return for their tasks and achieving a better standard of living. In that sense, social networks are a key form of dissemination.
Thanks to the visibility provided by the platforms, many Latinos can learn about immigrants’ stories and even obtain data about their income in the United States. This was what the account showed a user who is based in Texas and who established a garbage collection company.
Of course, the activity it carries out has nothing to do with transporting waste from containers, but with offering services to private individuals who need to get rid of a large amount of garbage. From user @texasjunkers_junkremoval, The man in charge of the Texas Junkers company said that he obtained US$1,790 in one day of work.
He picks up trash in Texas and generated US$1,790 in one day
According to what can be seen in the TikTok video, the day began with a task of lifting debris for which his company charged US$550 of service. Next, the next task was for a client who had a house for sale and had to remove all the objects that same day, a job for which the Latino pocketed US$825. Finally, another US$415 was added for a last job of removing garbage. In the comments, the user who lives in Houston, Texas clarified that the payment to the work assistants had to be deducted from that money, but that he still obtained an approximate profit of US$1,400 at the end of the day.
