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If they worked for a decade and never got a pay rise (other than minimum wage increases), why are they still working there? In an ideal world, you get wage and
by Cthulhu_ 11mo ago
If they worked for a decade and never got a pay rise (other than minimum wage increases), why are they still working there? In an ideal world, you get wage and career progression over time, or move on to a different career otherwise.
- AmbroseBierce 11mo agoI know that he was learning programming on the side so his plan was to work on that, I don't know how that ended up.
- mattmaroon 11mo agoIf it took ten years you know how it ended up.
- somewhereoutth 11mo agoHowever the world we live in is not ideal, and wages are being systematically crushed by capital.
- bevr1337 11mo ago> or move on to a different career otherwise. Folks rarely have this choice. What industry wants a barista outside food service? This is why we get stuck wearing a green apron for a decade, or working call center jobs, or any other crappy job.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoPeople aren’t locked into being baristas. People immigrate from all over the world to the US, and become whatever they have to. Dry cleaners, landscapers, cooks, maids, nurses, etc.
- barbazoo 11mo agoDo those folks make more than minimum wage? And becoming a nurse isn’t something you switch to after being underpaid as a barista. It’s a career with real training.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoI do not see why a barista cannot do “real” training and switch to working as a nurse.