• Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You are getting paid less than $8.33/hr at a challenging job?

    Unless you're getting hella personal satisfaction you need to pound pavement.

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      1 year ago

      The hardest jobs I've had have all been the lowest paying.

      Higher paying jobs tend to have higher entry requirements but it also means the employer actually values you (like, literally places a high monetary value on you because at the end of the day that is what capitalism demands)

      This idea that low paying jobs are easy is wrong. Being replaceable makes you vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

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        1 year ago

        Yep.

        It's the way market forces work.

        Markets aren't moral. So while this is how it works, that doesn't make it good. It's so important for governments to protect workers for exactly this reason.

        On this front, America is a literal joke.

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      1 year ago

      I'm not joking when I say that I have put in at least 1-3 applications every single day for 3 months now and all the while making calls to the companies to check on the application process. I could go into elaborate detail about how much pavement pounding I've done, but honestly I'm just too tired and exhausted with life and just want to tell you to go fuck yourself.

      • Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I didn't mean to sound like I was blaming you - I realize how it came across that way and I'm sorry.

        Your situation sucks. And I know you're not alone, there are tons of areas that have what basically works out to a labor surplus. It drives wages down because there's no protection for workers and the minimum wage is a fucking joke.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, sorry, just feels like I get beat down every day and then people hit you with "just get a better job", "just stop being depressed", etc. It's very exhausting to live these days.