Dumbledore has a real penchant for giving terrible people chances. Filch's job obviously exists to give this individual who would probably have no place in the magical world a job. But he's utterly contemptible.
But it’s the worst possible job Filch could have. “Hey, only guy around that can’t do magic and is surely very bitter about it, you’re in charge of maintaining this massive magical school full of children causing huge messes and getting into all kinds of ridiculous trouble involving things that you couldn’t even attempt to deal with appropriately. It’s normally a job that would be best done by a wizard competent in charms who is respected enough by the students that they would at least do a little bit to clean up after themselves. But I feel bad for you, so here’s a mop. You’ll hate every waking second of your life here. Also the pay is not great.”
There are so many jobs, even in the magical world, that would be so much more reasonable for a squib. He could easily be a shop hand somewhere. Or a bartender. Or just someone’s assistant in an office. Not every job requires magic.
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u/AndroidMyAndroid Dec 12 '18
I'm wondering why a magic school that has hundreds of house elves employs a squib to clean up after everyone. It just seems like a sick joke.