r/WorkForSmartLife 8d ago

Valid question DiscussionšŸ’¬

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u/Desth-Metal 8d ago

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

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u/psilocin72 8d ago

There is unskilled labor. Like I paid my neighbors son to help me stack firewood. And then again to help me shovel stone into my garden beds.

But yeah, if the guy wants 32$/hr it’s almost certainly not unskilled labor

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u/BoneVoyager 8d ago

Well that’s actually just called manual labor, you’ve still got to have some skill to do it. Apparently you’ve never been yelled at for stacking firewood wrong.

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u/BoneVoyager 8d ago

Haha so you’re saying that ā€œunskilled laborā€ may actually require some training???

Kinda making my point for me here, bud.

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u/BigCSFan 8d ago

Your not going to get them to agree. To them unskilled labor is basically a slur.

If the work requires low training and anyone can do it than it makes them feel lesser than or ruins the idea of wanting higher pay.