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Personally I find it nothing short of horrifying that this isn't a highly paid job. I mean, on the scale of engineers. You would have to pay me far, far more t
by aerovistae 6y ago
Personally I find it nothing short of horrifying that this isn't a highly paid job. I mean, on the scale of engineers.
You would have to pay me far, far more to watch animal/child abuse professionally than to write JavaScript.
How is this a low-paid job?
- ggreer 6y agoWages are the price of labor, and like all prices they are dictated by supply and demand. If there were fewer people both capable & willing to do the job, wages would rise. People choose these jobs because they are the best options available to them. This is true for many undesirable occupations (such as janitorial services).
- ArtDev 6y agoRemember when America had Unions? It lifted everyone up. Now its a race to the bottom.
- zests 6y agoHas there ever been a successful union for unskilled labor?
- momokoko 6y agoWhere on the spectrum of skilled would you consider working at a grocery store?
- zests 6y agoIt's quite gauche to label jobs as skilled or unskilled so I'll make no determination. But I assume you're talking about the UFCW. I had no knowledge of this union before your comment; I will admit that it changes my perception of unions as a whole.
- ruined 6y agoOne of the benefits of UBI that nobody mentions often enough is that when everybody can afford to survive independently of a boss, labor will be priced according to how unpleasant or dangerous it is to perform, rather than according to the desperation of the class performing it.
- google234123 6y agoBy this logic, shouldn't police and nurses that have to deal with similar things also get paid more?
- ArtDev 6y agoThey have unions and they actually get paid quite well.
- klyrs 6y agoYes. Also teachers, janitors, bus drivers, etc.
- aerovistae 6y ago100%!
- ruined 6y agoPolice are paid extremely well. For example in 2019 every officer in Seattle made six figures, and about a quarter of the department made over $200k. This is part of why there are so many calls to defund the police. It's kind of amazing what unions can achieve when they're allowed to exist. I think cops are the only folks who get to unionize without the cops beating them up. Yeah, nurses and EMTs should be paid more. All the EMTs that serve Seattle get "based" out of city limits and don't even make the Seattle minimum wage. You can make more as a dishwasher, and dishwashers don't have 24-hour shifts.
- dudul 6y agoIt is a low-paid job because it is easy to find someone to do it I assume. Unfortunately, salaries do not reflect how a job benefits society, or how hard it is, it is just a function of how hard it is to find someone to do it.
- gjs278 6y agobecause anyone can do it and not anyone can write javascript. only a javascript developer can’t understand this.