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I think there are lots of hard jobs that go under appreciated in our society. I think about people playing pro sports for millions and then minimum wage labour
by newsclues 3y ago
I think there are lots of hard jobs that go under appreciated in our society.
I think about people playing pro sports for millions and then minimum wage labourers, drivers clerks, cleaners and cooks who make minimum wages.
One group are celebrated and the other are essential to society continuing to function.
- lawgimenez 3y agoMy parents currently works at Walmart, they’re the one restocking supplies in the shelves. They are in their 60s and 70s, immigrants that became US citizens just last year. Also, they work night shifts. Based on their feedback, Walmart is a very kind and good employer.
- listenallyall 3y agoRight, this was made pretty clear during the first few months of the pandemic in 2020.
- conductr 3y agoI think about this frequently. I hire day laborers occasionally and it’s actually quite astonishing at how much physical labor most those folks can perform and rather quickly and cheap. Yet when I get to know them the reality is most of them exist in an unfamiliar and invisible to society type way.