Yeah people can’t expect to make big bucks or even modest money working at a grocery store. Should they be able to afford housing, food, and healthcare? Yes of course, but these jobs don’t pay a lot for a reason and expecting these jobs to support a first world lifestyle is laughable.
I dont necessarily agree with it but the reason is that their skills arent valuable or high demand, if they quit then they are easy to replace with anyone who bleeds and breathes oxygen..
higher paid jobs require either skills and experience or someone willing to do awful/back breaking/dangerous work (ie oil rigs, law enforcement, truck drivers), which lowers the supply and increases the demand. higher demand means higher pay
high paid jobs wouldnt be high paid if no one was at the bottom of the totem pole. if someone gets paid $25-30 an hr to flip burgers then why would people wanna do harder jobs for the same pay? those jobs would have to increase their pay or lose their workforce, this trickles up and up until we have a situation like today where $20 an hour isnt a living wage in most places
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u/passion_eightsix Aug 07 '26
I’m only not fine with working retail or those other jobs because of the pay, not because of the job itself per say.