The idea of bringing all this together is give me or people like me, some ideas on the salary prevailing in various jobs in Bangalore. As a metro, we would be imagining the kind of pay earned by different people. Let’s see how far your gut feeling about the salary is true.

Salary of security staff in a private apartment

Rs 6,500 for a month. Agency takes a cut, and this amount or maybe a bit higher is paid for freshers. I’ve asked security guys in the company where I used to work. They used to get Rs 8k. A very bad pay, considering the fact that they sometimes have to streach day and night.

Monthly wages for a vessel cleaner in a typical Andhra restaurant in Domlur side

This I got from my maid. She said that her sister who is working in a hotel, earns around Rs 6,500 per month. Her job – clean big vessels, aluminum curry containers. These are heavy vessels and I was thinking of this puny lady, who has to move or lift these vessels.

I also recollect the scene I saw in a restaurnt in Ameerpet, Hyderabad. It was typical Santhi Sagar kind of hotel, serving vegetarian dishes. It was noon time, and there were many customers who were going in and out. In this mele, I was looking for a loo. I couldn’t find one. Then I saw one door and I pushed it ajar. Inside, was a dimly lit room where I found it difficult to focus. An impoverished lady was sitting in this wet place, and there were hundreds of vessels around her. What a sad job? I closed it quickly knowing that I made a mistake, but it opened to the work people do behind the scenes.