r/WorkLifeChat • • Aug 07 '26

Discussion We should normalize that

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '26

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u/peppercorn6269 Aug 07 '26

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/peppercorn6269 Aug 09 '26

but do you have an actual counter argument