r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • 1d ago

Infodumping Unskilled does not mean un needed.

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u/ArkLaTexBob 1d ago

Exactly what I was talking about. When I recognized that my skillset was so common and the demand was so low that I could not make the salary I wanted (high schoolfast food worker), I bit the bullet and took an entry level job (A/C helper) that would teach me to make more quickly and maximize summer income. College was not a financial option for me. Then, I worked on getting education/credentials (vo-tech courses) for a job with long-term opportunities (structural/piping drafting and design). As soon as I got established, I moved into a sector (energy) that was high demand and better compensated. Always be aware of your role in the supply/demand matrix and your position. Now, no college degree, but 33 hr weeks, full time bennies, and six figures.

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u/Inlerah 1d ago

So, instead of just making sure everyone gets paid enough to survive, anyone who wants to survive should have to jump through hoops to get the "survivable" jobs and everyone who can't do that (unless you think the jobs that shouldn't pay a living wage just shouldn't exist) deserve poverty?

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u/ArkLaTexBob 1d ago

Not at all. I do believe that I was just offering a single strategy to those who would see it as worthwhile. There are plenty of better strategies for others, I guess. I have not used them and would be out of my wheelhouse to recommend. I know that my way would not be for everyone. I do believe that jobs without a living wage shouldn't exist, but I don't know how to eradicate them. I hear that robotics and AI may address some of them.

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u/CapnFatSparrow 17h ago

I do believe jobs without a living wage shouldn't exist, but I don't know how to eradicate them.

If CEOs, shareholders, and other "executives" weren't so worried about hoarding all the wealth in the entire world, jobs that don't pay a living wage wouldn't exist.

It's really very simple. Lower the salary of all the people making millions of dollars every year and quit handing out multi-million dollar bonuses, and put that money into the pockets of all the people, like my wife and I, and the millions like us, who have jobs that don't pay a living wage. Then take the stigma out of fast food, retail, janitorial work, etc. Stop calling them "unskilled". Stop telling them, like you just did, to jump through all these hurdles to try to get a different job and a different job and a different job.

There will always be a need for people to do the "grunt work" of society. They change and evolve through time but they're always there. Pay us. It's that simple. Stop pretending like they're just jobs for teenagers, when that would mean places aren't open during school hours, and pay your damn employees and treat them with dignity and respect.

There. Jobs without a living wage have been eradicated. But greed will never allow that to happen and society will just keep throwing its hands up and telling us to get a better job while using the very services of the workers they so despise.

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u/ArkLaTexBob 3h ago

Do you know when an individual or a corporation is willing to pay someone $5 million? It's when that guy can increase the bottom line by $50 million. If you don't give it to him, he and that profit go to your competitors.