I would generally be considered a “skilled worker,” I work in a lab and actually have to rely on fundamental knowledge I learned getting my degree. When I was in undergrad I worked at one of the big pizza chains.
The pizza job was way harder and whoever’s doing it should be paid more than I am now and more than pretty much anyone I work with.
The work was hard, it was hot, it was stressful, you barely got to sit down unless you were driving, the hours were dogshit, it was genuinely dangerous, and you’d come home smelling like sweat and old pizza. My current job in a 40 hour work week I do at best 25-30 hours of actual work. I get to work in a well air-conditioned building, I get to sit down when I want, I don’t have people micromanaging me every second, I get to wear what I want and except in some rare circumstances I come home pretty clean.
And I don’t have a do-nothing bullshit job or anything, I do actual stuff with chemicals and rodents, not just sit in front of a computer. And I make more than I did when I did a much much harder job.
I would generally be considered a “skilled worker,” I work in a lab and actually have to rely on fundamental knowledge I learned getting my degree. When I was in undergrad I worked at one of the big pizza chains.
The pizza job was way harder and whoever’s doing it should be paid more than I am now and more than pretty much anyone I work with.
The work was hard, it was hot, it was stressful, you barely got to sit down unless you were driving, the hours were dogshit, it was genuinely dangerous, and you’d come home smelling like sweat and old pizza. My current job in a 40 hour work week I do at best 25-30 hours of actual work. I get to work in a well air-conditioned building, I get to sit down when I want, I don’t have people micromanaging me every second, I get to wear what I want and except in some rare circumstances I come home pretty clean.
And I don’t have a do-nothing bullshit job or anything, I do actual stuff with chemicals and rodents, not just sit in front of a computer. And I make more than I did when I did a much much harder job.