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Saying it's supply and demand or market economy is burying the lede a bit though. A lot of underpaid jobs have leverage due to how the USA infrastructure / eco
by diob 4y ago
Saying it's supply and demand or market economy is burying the lede a bit though.
A lot of underpaid jobs have leverage due to how the USA infrastructure / economy is structured, which is that it's difficult to move / change.
Even if you want to leave a job, you can't given you have no leeway in budget to search for a job, let alone pay the expenses to likely move (since our urban areas are so spread out). Factor in family that is relying on you, company provided insurance, etc. and your ability to consider leaving a job is heavily restricted. You can't even afford to go on strike, at least not to a duration that the company will care about. That and unions are absolutely gutted here.
So you end up with a group of folks that have no leverage.
It's by design unfortunately.
- JamesBarney 4y agoIt's not that it's hard for them to quit. If you've ever worked low wage jobs you'll notice turnover is quite a bit higher than high wage jobs. The reason they aren't paid much is it usually low wage jobs are pretty easy to hire and train for. Which means there is a very large potential applicant pool.
- diob 4y agoAt least where I live, they have a huge teacher shortage, but the wages haven't moved. See https://www.kold.com/2023/02/23/study-shows-severe-arizona-teacher-shortage-continues/ https://www.kold.com/2023/02/23/study-shows-severe-arizona-t...
- JamesBarney 4y agoI wouldn't consider teachers low wage. Their salary doesn't seem that high for college graduates but they usually get an enormous amount of time off, pretty good pensions and and great job security.