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Have you ever met a person who eats rice and ramen and whatnot all week so they can make it to their next paycheck(s), and eats next to nothing before pay day b

Have you ever met a person who eats rice and ramen and whatnot all week so they can make it to their next paycheck(s), and eats next to nothing before pay day because they literally just don't have money to buy food to eat. You want them to quit their job(s), and what, figure out something else in ~4 days before they have 0 dollars left for food & electricity & rent & internet(if they have it at all). I know a couple people like this, and I know there are many out there in this situation with several kids to worry about. Maybe your aware of this and were referring to people with disposable income and savings, but those people don't really need to do something else because apparently things are working out for them better than the vast majority of people. I don't want to assume too much but this comes off sounding really badly. Never-mind the fact that these low-paying jobs exist and someone will have to do them, therefore some percentage of the population will be in this situation, often despite working several jobs and dealing with a lot more than most of us have to on top of that. I don't see how anyone can have this view without also implicitly stating that some % of the population are necessarily just not good at doing things and deserve to live through that kind of struggle because of it.

beerandt 5y ago
1) There's no reason you can't look for a job before quitting your current one. In fact, you should always be looking for better opportunities, no matter how much you like your current job. 2) Is it harder for parents, single or not? Yea. Yet these are the people you most often see make the change. They have the right motivation, moreso than singles their age without kids. 3) The fact that the low paying job exists, and will always exist, doesn't mean you have to be the one to do it forever. Or anyone else. You get a job, you get experience, you move on to a better job, and someone with less experience takes over your old job. The world turns. >some percentage of the population will be in this situation Yes- entry level workers, kids, and maybe some people that are rebuilding their life. They're not meant to be careers.

beerandt 5y ago

1) There's no reason you can't look for a job before quitting your current one. In fact, you should always be looking for better opportunities, no matter how much you like your current job. 2) Is it harder for parents, single or not? Yea. Yet these are the people you most often see make the change. They have the right motivation, moreso than singles their age without kids. 3) The fact that the low paying job exists, and will always exist, doesn't mean you have to be the one to do it forever. Or anyone else. You get a job, you get experience, you move on to a better job, and someone with less experience takes over your old job. The world turns. >some percentage of the population will be in this situation Yes- entry level workers, kids, and maybe some people that are rebuilding their life. They're not meant to be careers.