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All jobs require skills. Some more than others. Calling them "unskilled" is demeaning.

Because he didn't get a bathroom break

That’s not his dick. That’s a bottle, filling with piss because Amazon doesn’t believe in bathroom breaks.

bruh

Fair

Honestly, I'd look at this a different way: Not everybody can do high skilled jobs. Some can't even do ANY job. Why should they be punished with poverty because of it?

yah right sound like from "i hold manager position not bcus dady coporate CEO" unskilled labour is real, instead you sound more like capitalism propaganda

Never worked as a waiter. I don't think I can even fathom the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to make things run as smoothly as they do, especially when it's busy

And then the GOP said "let them eat cake."

And he got them.

Exactly

Unskilled labor is what is created when you stop kids from having nutritious food, take away all chances of a good education, keep their parents working 3 jobs, and make sure they are one health check up away from poverty. Unskilled labor is real only because we prevent them from getting skills.

Exactly!

You dont understand what a skill is.

Cause every time somebody suggest that they pay these individuals more and it comes up in actual political discussion, person just like you will always suggest that it doesn’t go above what you make cause you hold your position higher than theirs

Unskilled labor is also cheap in communist nations, TMYK.

Is not a myth but a piece of propaganda. Not the same.

What company does this make you think of?

here's the link just in case: 

discord.gg/b4W9jHRq

Let me know when it happens, I want to be there!

Policies that could actually accomplish this include strengthening unions, lowering unemployment, various worker protections, and moving the economy towards more skilled labor overall (e.g. by making education/training easier to access and encouraging automation of unskilled labor where possible)3/3

No, it really can't. If your entire workforce has the equivalent of a bachelors degree, "unskilled labor" does not accurately describe any part of it. It would be like changing the definition of slavery to mean "Tipped employees who sign NDAs." It's a semantic device purely for political ends.

It should be noted though that "farmer" can mean lots of different things to different people, which can skew statistics depending on the definition used. Small farms often lose money, but they are also often side gigs for hobby/tax purposes of people who have a well-paying primary job. 2/

Teachers make about equal to and farmers make more than the median American. Salaries for jobs are largely based on the demand of the skill set relative to the supply.

Also, many construction-related jobs require one to complete some sort of apprenticeship or other training program before you can perform them independently, and so involve skilled labor

Yes, skilled/unskilled is far from the only factor involved, and certain types of "unskilled" labor demands a salary premium due to being otherwise undesirable relative to other options

Bricklaying is a bizarre inclusion

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If only the people critical of the sentiment in the original post could understand this complexity and vote in people who would crack down on those abuses instead of someone who spent his life abusing them himself.

This is spot on!!

Forced to go in to work or lose their jobs. Is that better? Arguing semantics is very telling.

"Politicians"

You DON'T. Everyone knows what a software engineer is. What everyone DOESN'T know is how good any particular software engineer is. If I hire a kid right out of high school and start training him as an engineer, he's an engineer. So is the 30 year veteran with a PhD.

Why would we need to differentiate them, aside from simply saying ‘jobs that require formal schooling’? In what setting would that be necessary?

I've seen this before, but it's definitely worth a repeat because it is both aesthetically pleasing and incredibly true. I'd like to see a billionaire scrub a toilet.

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Getting a trade is probably smart to do because you can just collect them like a collectable then start businesses with them.

Do you want something done? If so, are you going to do it yourself? If not, don't be surprised if the person who does it expects a livable wage.

I’ve longed believed it doesn’t need to be this way. And it doesn’t that’s where the people come in, the ones who aren’t afraid of standing up for better wages.

The number of college educated individuals I know who can't grasp basic ideas like how to turn a stove on is staggering.

The real "unskilled labor" is whatever the f Elon Musk is

You can also wrote it in french.

Eat the rich before they eat you.

That’s where the sudden imperialism comes in.

Oh no doubt

Eh, kinda? Unions provide better products as the unions expect better of and better train union members. Capitalism trains people for one day then sends them into the trenches for chicken scratch. Only to tell the survivors “nah”. #WorkingClassSolidarity✊🏽🌹 #PowerIsProletariat

Yup. Time for UBI!

Put down the video games and get a job. Then, maybe, your opinion may have some merit.

Did a research paper on retail stress and found a study that compared old retail to new retail. Claim was that old retail required people skills to sell, while new retail is unskilled. As a former retail manager, this is wrong. You need DIFFERENT skills now, mainly tech knowledge and multitasking.

Should we add profits for prison holding deportees indefinitely while being forced forced labor…for another for profit corporation. Shareholder value creation at work.

I agree, but what should we call the jobs that don't require specialized education then?

America: Created a public education system to guarantee every person living in it has a decent level of math, reading and science skills by the time they're 18 Also America: "Most of us have bo skills and that's really depressing."

Perhaps more a lie told by anti-competitive firms, but I may be wrong.

Agreed. Every worker is needed.

society is like a building, even the base blocks are important (in fact theyre probably the most important). any building with a deteriorating base is prone to collapse.

It’s not really a trait of Capitalism but of bad managers. Most Capitalists view productivity incentives as being profit maximizing. Workers at 60% output aren’t as profitable as workers motivated to give 95%

I’m a grocery bagger, I don’t HAVE a wage!

It's low skill. Trust me. I know people who can not do restaurant work. They think it's easy until they things go sideways then they're lost, can't cope then quit.

Not really. Proof even having a degree doesn't mean you aren't stoop. I am live on YouTube, same name.

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Agreed though I did take a while to read it the right way. Read it top to bottom and was confused at first X'D

Every time I've heard someone use this term I've replied with "Oh, you mean middle management?" Hasn't failed to offend yet 😅

A bunch of oligarchs in suits who pay starvation wages want you to blame DEI for the starvation wages that the oligarchs in suits pay you.

So is eliminating the Department of Education and school vouchers.

Watching people bumblefuck their way through self serve checkouts during Covid demonstrated to me that grocery cashier is actually skilled labour.

CNAs are not unskilled!

Aside from bagger, all of the jobs in a supermarket are considered more than unskilled. Same for delivery drivers.

(Not that any harassment or general assault is good. Even if some ppl definitely deserve multiple ass whoopings). Most of the shitty things happen to Wyt ppl are usually due to other richer Wyt ppl or genuinely bad ppl w/ Money (if they happen to be Black, Asian, etc). Not reflective of a culture.

-Since it doesn't affect the one making the changes and signing the checks. Especially since it's well known Wyt ppl still make a percentage more than non-Wyt ppl. And the harassment and assault rate is higher for others than them in schools and places of employment w/ or w/o big diversity numbers.-

All Facts. It doesn't matter if you're a factory worker, teacher, janitor, etc. It's always the basically faceless wealthiest ones at the top who decide to shortchange and abuse their workers. Blaming anyone like women, non-White people, or the LGBTQ doesn't mean a damn thing.-

Never in my life have I worked so hard as when I was entry level customer service call center job

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There is no such thing as a starter job

He's peeing in a bottle because he's not allowed to take bathroom breaks.

Sir that is FOUL

There is no such thing as unskilled labor Every job requires some skill Some require very little skill some requires much more & many jobs are in between No one walks into a restaurant and starts working without training. FUCKING NO ONE! Even if they have years cooking, they'll still get trained

Or, you know, embracing meritocracy, oh right you dont want to reward better quality of work.

This is still one of the best explanations I've ever heard

You do the labor enough you become skilled in it. Imagine that. It always just needed to be called "Trained on Job Site".

Especially in a country that created a mandatory universal education system through 12th grade explicitly for the purpose of eliminating unskilled labor.