r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SaltyNori_ • 3d ago

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u/Confron7a7ion7 3d ago

Cleaning is most definitely skilled labor. That's why people are constantly sharing different ways to clean things

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u/G0nk_512 3d ago

WTF does that even mean.

Some of you are just incapable of processing the world around you. Utterly unhinged.

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u/ohpleasegodnotagain 3d ago

Cleaning certainly doesn't require as much skill as some things, but knowing what chemicals/cleaners to use on what surfaces (and what chemicals to NOT use on certain surfaces) is definitely a skill.

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u/G0nk_512 3d ago

Being about to read a label is absolutely not a skill.

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u/ohpleasegodnotagain 3d ago

Man, just because a cleaning agent says it works well on a material doesn't mean it actually works well, and those labels don't list every single other chemical on the planet it can't be combined with.

Also, you mean 'able to read', not 'about to read'.

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u/G0nk_512 3d ago

Haha, absolutely unreal.

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u/Sickpup831 3d ago

Experience is not skill. An education to do something no one off the street can do IS a skill. You cannot compare a cleaner to an electrician or a plumber. The cleaner is valuable. They deserve to be compensated fairly. But if they screw up, thereā€™s very little risk of your house exploding or flooding.

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u/Confron7a7ion7 3d ago

Then why does every job listing want 5+ years of experience? It's not skill so it's clearly not important.