Fuck this argument but packing boxes requires more skill than flipping burgers?
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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Maybe they think it's more physically taxing than flipping burgers, but I don't think that holds either. Standing all day in a crammed hotbox doing repetitive handwork is awful.
Both are harder than the other in different capacities
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I spent a summer working at FedEx. Super fun job. But putting boxes on trucks is not a job that requires skill. Neither is putting stuff in those boxes.
Putting boxes in trucks take a bit of skill if you don’t want it falling on top of you. You have to build with natural Ts to keep the boxes stable or else those columns you just built can easily topple. Keep in mind that those boxes come down the conveyor in all shapes and sizes and the speed they come can be unrelenting.
Source: I was a UPS loader when i was younger.
Is that "skilled labour" packing delivery boxes? Where did you study? /s
Skilled labor... lol
Skilled Vs unskilled labor is just capitalistic bullshit to pin the working class against each other. All labor takes skill and should be respected
I mean, doctors and nurses are for sure skilled positions. They should probably make a little more to justify all of those years of skill learning.
Doesn't mean cashiers should starve, but it's okay for them to be payed not as much.
And each should stand up for the other when they are being mistreated.
PS Burger flipping is skilled labor. Also, watch The Menu
Shit anyone working for less than $20 packing boxes is getting scammed cause I know for a fact several places offer more than that. It just goes to show the importance of having a union to bargain for higher wages.
Right, be mad at someone for thinking that their job should pay their bills instead of the CEOs that hoard all the money.
I wouldn't go around just broadcasting my complete lack of knowledge of the financial or business world like that, but that's just me.
Where am I wrong? Genuinely curious.
During the golden age of American economy, corporate tax rates were sometimes as high as 90%. This resulted in corporations giving back to their employees or investing in research in order to further their products. This allowed for the basic worker to pay their bills working just one "menial" job. CEOs and head of corps made a lot of money, but the gap was much smaller between exec and grunt.
Now, because corporations pay little to no tax, the profit sharing goes straight to the execs and shareholders.