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Is it inconceivable to you there are people who are ok with doing cleaning jobs? Those jobs do have some benefits: the specification doesn’t really ever change
by TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
Is it inconceivable to you there are people who are ok with doing cleaning jobs?
Those jobs do have some benefits: the specification doesn’t really ever change, you can see the outcomes of your work fairly immediate, the societal benefits are self-evident, and when you go home at the end of your work day there isn’t a lot to take home with you.
- rumanator 6y ago> Is it inconceivable to you there are people who are ok with doing cleaning jobs? This. In some municipalities, garbage collectors do very well, and the occupation is even desirable. In others, it's the bottom of the barrel. A job is what you do from 9 to 5 in exchange for a salary. Is it so hard to understand that some occupations are simply so bad that there aren't that many people willing to do them, particularly if they pay so little?
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoYou make a good point. Australia has a liveable minimum wage, and all full time employees receive four weeks annual leave and two weeks sick leave, while casual employees receive a higher minimum wage but typically no paid leave / sick leave. We also have a permanent part-time level where the conditions are somewhere between. That doesn’t mean all employment in Australia is not-shit, but it probably helps.
- MattGaiser 6y ago> Is it inconceivable to you there are people who are ok with doing cleaning jobs? It is inconceivable that there are enough people. We know this because even during the height of a recession, certain classes of jobs still cannot be filled. Most people would rather be unemployed than pick fruit for example.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoThat's because those jobs don't pay enough.