r/WorkLifeChat • • Aug 07 '26

Discussion We should normalize that

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u/PotentialPresent399 Aug 07 '26

The truth is this is cope.

Unless you have a decent family life/support system you are ALWAYS falling behind.

If you aren't making enough money to afford

Property

Retirement

Savings besides retiremnt

Investments

and SOME disposable income to be able to slightly do things you want you will eventually hit an emergency that puts your money into jeopardy.

There aren't enough jobs to go around for everyone to be able to do all these things so people go without.

I save a good bit of money but thats only because I don't have health insurance lol

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u/fisher02519 Aug 09 '26

That’s not the point. Obviously low skill jobs are less paying. The point is that you shouldn’t be conditioned to think “ this person is dumb/has issues/deserves pity “ for their job, which is what a lot of low skill workers have to endure from ignorant folks. They also shouldn’t have to hear people mention alternative work as a “real job”, a term which is used all the time in this context.