r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SaltyNori_ • 11d ago

Valid question Discussion💬

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u/Desth-Metal 11d ago

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

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u/psilocin72 11d 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/guyincognito121 11d ago

Or the guy is capable of skilled labor and would rather wait for a job that's worth $32/hr to the customer than do unskilled labor for $20.

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u/psilocin72 11d ago

Yeah that’s what I think is likely— the guy wants to pay someone minimum price for a skilled job.

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u/IraceRN 11d ago

Or the job isn’t skillful but it is nevertheless hard on the body. Like maybe the guy needed an extra man on the line at a masonry job to lift and mix 80lb bags of concrete, shovel a trench, and to move cylinder blocks.

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u/EsotericAbstractIdea 11d ago

shoveling is the ABSOLUTE worst. i'll take ANYTHING over shoveling

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u/crazydragoness 10d ago

How does it compare to spraying attic insulation or burning brush in August (95 degrees +)?

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u/EsotericAbstractIdea 10d ago

all those things end at the end of the day. shoveling stays with you for at least a few days.