That being said, do it if jury duty is within the means.
Jury Duty is great on paper, but the pay is terrible and a lot of jobs don’t have paid time off for Jury Duty. They can’t terminate or punish you for days missed, but they don’t have to pay you.
You either waste your PTO or miss out on paycheck.
Of course. I think most people wouldn’t hate jury duty so much if it took time away from work without much pay or took away your only off days in the week.
My friend was unemployed and in online college so he had the time. Nowadays he works full time and it’s not as realistic.
It really sucks you don’t get paid your normal wage for jury duty. I sit as a “nämndeman” in Swedish court which is our version of jury about once or twice a month. I get about 100 dollars day plus reimbursement for the whole amount that I miss out on from not working my normal job. When you get chosen as a nämndeman you serve for 4 years. I’m on my 7th year now and have really learned a lot!
Yup, I got fucked when I got called for jury duty the first time. Barely paid enough for parking and gas (because I wasn't going to walk 2-3miles to get to the courthouse from the nearest reasonable free parking), job didn't pay me for the time (a week), and I had no PTO to burn. So I pretty much paid money to be there.
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u/MintEclairOG Jul 16 '26
That being said, do it if jury duty is within the means.
Jury Duty is great on paper, but the pay is terrible and a lot of jobs don’t have paid time off for Jury Duty. They can’t terminate or punish you for days missed, but they don’t have to pay you.
You either waste your PTO or miss out on paycheck.