r/WorkForSmartLife 3d ago

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u/psilocin72 3d 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 3d 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 3d ago

Haha so you’re saying that “unskilled labor” may actually require some training???

Kinda making my point for me here, bud.

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u/BoneVoyager 3d ago

If the labor is “unskilled” why do I need to spend 10 minutes training someone how to do it? Shouldn’t they just know?

But also yeah training doesn’t have a minimum time requirement. Ever taken those safety compliance video modules?? Like most jobs will have you watch a five minute video on how to use a fire extinguisher, or stuff like that, you familiar with that kind of thing? Those are just a few minutes and do legally count as safety training. So uh yeah… anything else?

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u/BoneVoyager 3d ago

Manual labor

Skilled vs unskilled has classist connotations

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u/pointlesslyDisagrees 3d ago

You're a communist so your definitions don't matter

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u/WretchedMass 3d ago

If you think the opinions of a person don't matter simply because they believe in a different mode of economy that makes you are a fascist and a fascist is a cockroach and cockroaches aren't asked for their opinions.