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  • Not wanting to do something because you have better options does not mean that almost anyone can do it.

    Unskilled labor is hard labor. Nothing about it is emotionally easy or less taxing on your body. But you can be taught to do it in a couple hours, hence, requires no hard skills.

    There are soft skills that make people better at working a register than others - but the difference is really at the margins.


  • stevehobbes@lemmy.worldtoLeftism@lemmy.worldThere is no such thing as "unskilled labor"
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    7 months ago

    The whole point of the term unskilled labor is that it isn’t.

    If you’re on an assembly line and you’re putting part A into box B, it takes an afternoon to learn and you’ll be about as fast as someone who’s been doing it for 30 years.

    Either part A is in box B or it isn’t. The difference between the best person and the worst person that’s still worth employing is very small, and probably can’t be trained.

    You don’t pay extra for someone with experience putting part A into box B.

    But they should be paid a living wage.