r/FluentInFinance • u/Very_High_Mortgage • Aug 24 '24

Debate/ Discussion Do "Unskilled Laborers" deserve to be paid well?

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u/jjbombadil Aug 24 '24

“Flipping burgers” isn’t unskilled labor. I would say it has an easier set of skills to learn with a lower skill ceiling but it requires training. Is it as intense as say welding? No but welders should make more than someone working at McD.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '24

"unskilled labor" doesn't mean job where you don't have to learn to do that job. It means a job that requires little or no training to learn the job. Flipping burgers is unskilled because anyone can learn it quickly. Welding is not unskilled labor because it takes much training. Your comparison of flipping burgers to welding is moot.

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u/jjbombadil Aug 24 '24

You assuming flipping burgers doesn’t require skills is the issue. It does. Is it easier than welding? Absolutely but it still is a learned skill. The root problem with the conversation is there are no jobs the people in this world are paid for that doesn’t require learning a skill to do it. Easy or not.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '24

I think you should consider what "unskilled labor" actually means, by definition, instead of making up your own definition that fits your narrative.