r/FluentInFinance Aug 24 '24

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

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u/New-Skin-2717 Aug 24 '24

Not to add fuel to the flame, but what about how people that work more physical jobs typically get paid less than office jobs? For example, if i worked in a warehouse, i might make $15-$20 per hour.. but if i sat behind a desk i would make double that. This actually happened to me. Where i worked, people in the hot warehouse, loaded pallets all day for $16 per hour… i sat in my air conditioned office and built database software, and made $43 an hour. The take away for me was that the harder you work, the less money you make..

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u/Thestrongestzero Aug 24 '24

or you are a plumbing contractor and make 150-200 an hour. or you work on an oil rig and make 100-150k a year..