He works invisibly in this crowded train station.

You see him but you think he does not exist. You will really see him if you need him, for example, to clean public basin.

I see him cleaning train station floor near toilet. People come and go around him. Cleaners who work in train stations now always wear uniform and bring some stuffs in their bag.

Being a janitor actually is a good choice for people who really need job. An Italian senator used to be a janitor while he studied economy in college. But, Indonesian does not give some respect to this kind of job. They think that this is a dirty work with lowest salary. Here in Jakarta nobody care for janitor.

Salary of cleaner is the lowest rate among other jobs in Jakarta Government offices. Based on data for 2016, janitors in office get only Rp 4.030.000 (US$ 290) per month or 1.3 times Regional Minimum Wages (Upah Minimum Regional/UMR ). ¹

If we look other countries' basic wage policy, Indonesian janitors salary is far below their standard. For example, Singapore government set basic salary of S$ 1,000 (Rp 10 million or US$ 800) for janitors in 2014. ²

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Category	Streetphotography
Settings	1/30 sec. f/2.2 4.15mm ISO 125
Camera	iPhone 6
Lens	Internal
Location	Jakarta, Indonesia

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Dia seakan tak terlihat di tengah keramaian stasiun kereta.

Kau melihatnya tapi tidak memperhatikannya, seakan dia tak ada. Kau akan benar-benar melihatnya jika kau membutuhkan dia, misalkan, untuk membersihkan wastafel di toilet umum.

Aku melihatnya sedang membersihkan lantai stasiun dekat toilet. Orang-orang lalu lalang di sekitarnya. Tukang bersih-bersih yang bekerja di stasiun kereta sekarang selalu berseragam dan membawa berbagai peralatan di tas pinggangnya.

Menjadi tukang tukang bersih-bersih sebenarnya pilihan yang bagus untuk orang yang sungguh-sungguh butuh pekerjaan. Seorang senator Italia dulu pernah kuliah dan menyambi menjadi tukang bersih-bersih. Tapi, orang Indonesia kurang menghormati pekerjaan ini. Mereka pikir ini pekerjaan kotor dengan gaji rendah. Di sini di Jakarta tak ada yang memperhatikan mereka.

Gaji tukang bersih-bersih ini adalah yang terendah di antara pekerjaan lain di kantor-kantor Pemerintah DKI Jakarta. Berdasarkan data 2016, petugas kebersihan di kantor hanya mendapat upah Rp 4.030.000 per bulan atau1,3 kali Upah Minimum Regional (UMR ). ¹

Jika kita menengok kebijakan penggajian di negara lain, gaji petugas kebersihan di Indonesia masih jauh di bawah standar. Misalkan, pemerintah Singapura menetapkan gaji mereka Rp 10 juta per bulan pada 2014—2,5 kali lipat dari standar gaji Indonesia. Mungkin itu alasan banyak orang Indonesia mencari pekerjaan semacam ini di luar negeri.²

Footnotes

1. Upah Petugas Kebersihan DKI Jakarta Paling Rendah Rp 4.030.000
2. Singapore sets basic wage of S$1,000 for cleaners (Yahoo News, 8 January 2014)

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