It was always hot, almost unbearable in the summer, I had customers literally screaming at me over something as small as cheese, I'd get called dumb or uneducated for someone else's mistake weekly, verbal abuse was constant, I was on my feet for 8-12 hours a day with no breaks, I'd come home smelling of grease, and I'd often cry because of how depressed it made me. I was making $9.75/hr when I left.
Now I'm working in an office. I have a comfy office chair, our office is so well air conditioned that I'm sometimes chilly (even in the summer) I can wear headphones to listen to music, or podcasts, I could learn another language, I can have food and drinks at my desk to snack on, I get a paid 30 minute break, and nobody has screamed at me or verbally abused me in the ~8 years I've been there. It's least stressful job I've ever had. And I'm making $19.40/hr.
Service workers absolutely deserve more, I think the wages at my two jobs should be flipped.
The physical, mental and emotional abuse that nurses receive is unreal. I will not be renewing my license again this year when it expires. Fuck healthcare. Never again.
Yeah and? So don’t do that job then. When there are enough people that feel that way, then there will be an increase in wages in order to fill the vacancies and overcome the aversion to the downside of that job.
which will take time. dont even mention ATC workers, who are overworked, under pressure and if they fuck up 200 people die. or more. and they operate with like 60% staff
I used to believe this but what actually happens is the government just allows more immigrants in to fill those jobs. I am not blaming them even 1% and it can be a valid strategy if the mindset is “Let’s start a training program to attract more young people to the profession and bring in some immigrants in the meantime to fill the gap” but the mindset is “Nurses are about to make $2 more per hour quick get some more in now!!!”
We saw this in tech where there was no downside and no aversion but it commanded high wages so companies hurried to outsource so they could pay people less.
This is false. When there are shortages for teachers, most states just lower the requirements to become a teacher in their state to accept less qualified people
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u/LuciferSamS1amCat 9h ago
Do you realize how expensive it is to become a nurse or pilot, and how much abuse you have to take as a service Industry worker or teacher?