10% pay cut for NHRA employees?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by winstonindy

Minimum wage worker bee reporting in....
I think those of us that work for minimum wage do so for the love of the sport and people more than anything else. Yes NHRA pays all our travel expenses, and we get a meals per diem & the posted state minimun wage where we are working at any given race.
A lot of us, myself included, have also purchased our own safety equipment because NHRA cannot provide adequate and safe equipment to everyone who works.
Last year I worked I believe 6 national events, including the US Nationals marathon. I think my W-2 said I made $2800 total. I spent $400 of my own money on a helmet and scrounged some free gloves because NHRA could not provide me with safe equipment that properly fit.
So many people say it is BS that I had to buy some of my own equipment. But honestly I don't mind. My "payment" is from the racers...some of them are pros, but mostly you sportsmen, many of which I am proud to have as freinds as well, who thank me and the other peons for what we do every day.

Thank you. We as racers DO appreciate what you guys do for us. It is a shame that you guys make so little for doing so much, while the empty suits make so much for doing so little, and most of it wrong.