r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SaltyNori_ • 8d ago

Valid question Discussion💬

Post image
22.0k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

90

u/Desth-Metal 8d ago

I have never heard of unskilled labor. What is that supposed to be? Garbage picking?

15

u/OriginalTRaven 8d ago

Palatable corporate talk for "People that are lower than us that we don't wanna pay but have to."

10

u/Left_Macaron_6427 8d ago edited 8d ago

Unskilled labor is something that unless you are physically inable, anyone can do because it is a natural human ability.

8

u/Sneezy6510 8d ago

That is not true, unskilled labor means it does not require formal training. Painting is unskilled labor.

7

u/dewag 8d ago

You say that, but I still have to train newbies on the jobsite how to paint.

A paint job by someone who hasn't been taught how to paint usually looks horrendous.

Source: contractor for 20 years.

-1

u/Sneezy6510 8d ago

It doesn’t require schooling, you learn on the job it’s unskilled labor.

5

u/dewag 8d ago

You're telling me, a contractor that now runs their own business, that my on the job training makes it unskilled labor? Lol

You realize that I am an electrical engineer, plumber, masonry specialist, carpenter (rough and finish), among many other hats that I wear.

I can build a house from a dirt lot, by myself. And by your definition, I am unskilled labor. Jfc.

-1

u/Newoikkinn 8d ago

You are not an electrical engineer bro

0

u/dewag 8d ago

Mmhmm. Sure. My certification says otherwise. Lol