Idk if it counts but I work as a clinician in a drug rehab program and I get paid around 78k a year which is decent money for me and I love the work. I routinely have days where I don't take lunch breaks because I can squeeze in another counseling session, get someone's parole officer to reconsider some action, send out a letter of recommendation to a judge for leaner or shorter legal recommendations, or shit just sit down and shoot the shit with someone who just needs to rant about life.
I might be underpaid for the job role I have (private rehabs pay A LOT more for people of my education and experience) but I'd rather be counseling a crip gangmember and helping them get sober and their kids back, than have to do headpats for some rich asshole in Malibu just to get paid an extra 40k a year.
And I gotta say a lot of Marxist ideology and theory really REALLY helps with therapy, I affirm when people say that the system is fucked and unfair, and try to get them connected with the meager resources I can think of (before I was a clinician I was a case manager and I could get someone's food stamps approved and running in 1-2 days without visiting an office) instead of just trying to get them to "cope" with the bleak realities of capitalism.
Under communism I would likely do the exact same work but I'd likely have a lot more post-step down successes for my Patients since their material benefits would be more greatly addressed and the material reasons behind some people's addiction would be heavily addressed.
Idk if it counts but I work as a clinician in a drug rehab program and I get paid around 78k a year which is decent money for me and I love the work. I routinely have days where I don't take lunch breaks because I can squeeze in another counseling session, get someone's parole officer to reconsider some action, send out a letter of recommendation to a judge for leaner or shorter legal recommendations, or shit just sit down and shoot the shit with someone who just needs to rant about life.
I might be underpaid for the job role I have (private rehabs pay A LOT more for people of my education and experience) but I'd rather be counseling a crip gangmember and helping them get sober and their kids back, than have to do headpats for some rich asshole in Malibu just to get paid an extra 40k a year.
And I gotta say a lot of Marxist ideology and theory really REALLY helps with therapy, I affirm when people say that the system is fucked and unfair, and try to get them connected with the meager resources I can think of (before I was a clinician I was a case manager and I could get someone's food stamps approved and running in 1-2 days without visiting an office) instead of just trying to get them to "cope" with the bleak realities of capitalism.
Under communism I would likely do the exact same work but I'd likely have a lot more post-step down successes for my Patients since their material benefits would be more greatly addressed and the material reasons behind some people's addiction would be heavily addressed.