Traffic controller goes viral for sharing her weekly income
A teenager has gone viral for sharing her weekly income as a traffic controller, describing it as a "sign" to others to take up the profession.
Tahera Raedd, 19, directs cars through road closures affected by construction work in the busy streets of Sydney.
In a now viral TikTok video, Tahera revealed exactly what she gets paid for a typical week's work.
“Your sign to be a traffic controller,” she captioned the video.
Tahera claimed she earned $520 for a 12-hour shift on a Monday, while a 10-hour shift the next day saw her rake in $495.
A lengthy 13-hour stint on Wednesday earned Tahera $600, before a four hour shift on the Thursday netted her $300 and a 20-minute job on Friday made $100.
In total, she scored $2015 for her almost 40-hour working week.
Despite claiming that the job is "hard work", Tahera encouraged others to take up the lucrative job, with many commenters wanting to know more.
“OK but like how do you get into traffic controlling?” one person asked.
“I just applied for traffic controller must be a good sign,” another said.
Another keen person wrote, “Gonna stop studying and work for this instead.”
Since being posted last month, her video has been viewed more than 359,000 times – but some have pointed out, it’s not clear if her pay packet was before or after tax.
Image credits: TikTok