Trade work, office type jobs in big cities with an established career, police, and Onlyfans.
Comment on Fear of job loss hits its highest point in years—but workers won’t accept less than $81,000
wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Where are these jobs you speak of which such a salary
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Most only fans creators aren’t even able to pull min wage. It’s a side gig for all but the top percent or two.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You can make minimum wage working as a coder or 6 figures. They only asked where jobs that pay $81k are.
Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 month ago
That’s an idiotic way to interpret that. You end up with an answer so broad as to include almost any job in existence. Reigning it into a realistic earning amount for the position is the only rational way to approach that.
Think next time
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
Police are an excellent example of why unions should be armed.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Everyone should be armed and proficient, if they so choose and aren’t a violent criminal, and if they have a union card they are all the better a citizen.
Taco2112@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The trades: carpentry, plumbing, roofing, etc. Plus side, it doesn’t require a degree.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Basically, jobs that destroy your body, so you can’t work past 55 anyway.
13esq@lemmy.world 1 month ago
As if sitting at a desk all day doesn’t destroy your body.
I’ll pick a physically active job any day of the week. If you choose not to wear your gloves, knee pads, ear defenders, goggles etc. it’s on you.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
It does. Which is why a standing desk is better, if you’re at a screen all day.
And if you can get a standing desk with a treadmill, then it’s peak health.
There are so many ways to make a desk job less terrible.
Taco2112@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Or you transition to an owner/management role so that you can stop punishing your body in your 40s
gregs_gumption@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Not everyone can be an owner/manager
Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Then be smart about it. The money you saved from not paying for college can go into a retirement account. When your body is “destroyed” you have retirement income.
techt@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s not really a solution though, right? It’s more like a minimal survival mechanism restricted to those privileged with financial literacy and good discipline/planning in a system where people are (paradoxically) forced to trade their health for livelihood. Many, many people will fall short of such a bar through no fault of their own.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Better save and be prepared to retire early.
unbanshee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Where I live, two of the three trades you listed require completion of 4-year apprenticeships, including a minimum of 6 weeks of in-school technical training per year. It’s much cheaper to train as an apprentice than it is to pay other post-secondary tuitions, and you earn an income most of the time you’re an apprentice, but the reality is a lot more complicated.
And it’s also very easy to be employed in most trades and not make that much. It depends on which trade you’re in, how much punishment you can take, and whether you’re in a union job or not.
DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Like every other field, you won’t make a living wage until you are at the top. Apprenticeships aren’t possible unless you can finance it yourself these days.
In a just world we would redistribute the excess wealth of the rich and would never allow this kind of wealth inequality to break our economies
In reality nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives.