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Combine this with how miserable low-rank work like shopping bag packers and store work is, and you have a great clusterfuck of a society.
by tormeh 13y ago
Combine this with how miserable low-rank work like shopping bag packers and store work is, and you have a great clusterfuck of a society.
- markbnj 13y agoI don't think that's the point at all. Even low-wage work would be more satisfying, in the author's view, because your labor is directly beneficial. You can see the results of it. Of course we'd all like to make more money than a store clerk, but in the quest for money we might end up doing things that satisfy us much less than simple labor would. For my part, as a developer, I'm among the fortunate.
- morgante 13y agoI think that's actually the point. On one side, we have low-wage work which is many ways the least-bullshitty. People at the bottom of the hierarchy are often the ones actually getting the work done. Then, on the other side, we have the layers of HR reps and people who exist only to mind the hierarchy—in many cases, being very well-compensated to do so. Between the two, there are few meaningful and well-paid positions left.
- twistedpair 13y agoHave you ever unloaded a truck with a group of teamsters? I did one summer. I was shocked how aggravated they became at me for hustling. I got sent back to my department because "at that rate we'll have it unpacked in an hour and we've got 4 hours to do it." Nothing special about white collar jobs here.