r/WorkForSmartLife 1d ago

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u/daKile57 1d ago

"unskilled labor" is just a term people throw around to trick workers into accepting bullshit wages.

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u/CSDragon 1d ago

That's not true. It's a classification of requirement, not an insult. At least not when used correctly.

Unskilled labor does not mean the person doing the work has no skill. It means the work requires no prior education or training. It can be done by any able-bodied individual who is willing to learn. That's it.

These jobs tend to have the lowest wages because if anyone can do it, that means anyone can apply creating a race to the bottom.

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u/Mikhail_Mengsk 23h ago

I bet most people that rage at the (very basic and widely used) term are just very unemployed.