So… Putting in effort to advance yourself should not be rewarded? I don’t get it.
Damn straight!
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UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
Nurgus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A rising tide lifts all boats.
UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
It does. It also lifts all the turds.
You know how to make them boats get lifted even quicker? Join the tide. Invest in yourself. Make yourself better.
Jako302@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
In what way is working a more physically demanding job “advancing yourself”?
Besides, I’d also argue that most customer facing jobs are just as demanding as most physical trade jobs. They just fuck you up mentally instead of physically.
Not even degrees mean much anymore, a lot of job positions require one cause they can, not cause you’d actually benefit from that knowledge. Spending all that time and money to get a piece of paper can Aldo hardly be called "advancing yourself’.
UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
In what way is working a more physically demanding job “advancing yourself”?
It’s not the physical part - which isn’t even all that great of a difference - but getting familiar with physics. Working your brain rather than your muscle. That’s an advance.
There’s also a risk element - you fuck up on a powerline - you’re potentially dead. Fuck up a burger? You get yelled at.
Hoodoir@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think the negative sentiment for unskilled labor positions getting pay increased that equals skilled labor is out of jealousy but out of the skilled laborer now being undervalued. If I got a pay cut equal to an unskilled position while I’m an engineer, I’d be very unhappy that all my time, learning, and productivity in my field would essentially equal to the same value as a job a fourteen year old can perform. If unskilled labor increases in value, then skilled labor should as well. Why would someone bother trying to waste the 10 years to become a licensed surgeon when he could just move pallets in a warehouse for the same money in this scenario? Some labor is skilled and specialized and therefore rare and valuable. Some labor is dangerous and life-threatening by nature and therefore rare and valuable. Different careers/jobs/positions pay differently for a good reason most of the time. Linemen can die in a flash of light any given day and therefore I think they certainly deserve more than I make because of that.