• Wogi@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If he thinks packing boxes is skilled labor, then flipping burgers is also skilled labor.

    It’s just not specialized, and doesn’t require any certification or further education. Which would command the premium he’s thinking of.

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      8 months ago

      All labor is skilled labor. Can you think of any job that doesn’t require learning some sort of skill(s)? It’s just an arbitrary designation intended to justify low wages.

      I’m highly educated but you couldn’t just stick me into a traditionally “unskilled” roles for which I have neither experience nor training and expect me to function. I’d crash and burn because jobs require the development and utilization of… wait for it…skills.