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"The jobs that don't pay a living wage are oftentimes more essential than some that do" Which was said before quite often, but still many people were surprised
by hutzlibu 5y ago
"The jobs that don't pay a living wage are oftentimes more essential than some that do"
Which was said before quite often, but still many people were surprised what qualified as a critical job - and what not, during the covid lockdowns.
And the shame is - the pay is still low for most of lowly regarded but critical work.
- _carbyau_ 5y agoCriticality is not the only factor when it comes to pay. Supply of capable people also plays a part. IE city garbage collection is critical, but finding staff to do it isn't too hard. For me, when the salary/wage falls below living standards is the issue. Hence minimum wage should be a thing.
- TapWaterBandit 5y ago> Which was said before quite often, but still many people were surprised what qualified as a critical job - and what not, during the covid lockdowns. And also what was considered to be a "non-critical" job, often by the workers themselves. Pre-covid I don't think anyone would've predicted teachers standing up as a collective and saying "We are not essential!". But this was pretty much the case globally and I think it will have long-term impacts on the field.
- citizenpaul 5y agoProblem with teachers is that they are critical but there is about a 18 year gap in seeing the failure
- citizenpaul 5y agoThats the funny thing about critical work. It pretty much has to become commoditized in order to be common enough to be critical Therefore it ends up in a cycle of depressed wages with no way back up.