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After owning a business for years I've decided that there is way more to work than skill. Being on time, having a presentable appearance, honesty, showing initiative, being able to learn, there's more, but the list would be long. And, for the business owners, their skills center on knowing that paying well for necessary but low skilled labor is just as important as paying well for skilled labor. It takes a lot of teamwork of low and high skill to manage the enterprise, and all labor is meaningful to that end.
And so it may pay well to pay well the person who does excellently in that low-skill-but-essential job.
And so it may pay well to pay well the person who does excellently in that low-skill-but-essential job.
Worked fine for me when I was in the service business. I paid my staff an average of $6.00/hr more than my competitors did. Sure, I took a person hit, but lived comfortably and modestly. Had great, reliable staff (in fairness I was choosy). On the other hand, my competitors saw unimaginable churn and relied heavily upon illegal labor and drug addicts, which usually meant that I picked up some of their clients after they got sick of the poor service and/or theft issues. About half of these people had to rebrand, relocate, or go out of business once local businesses and government entities were sufficiently aware of their nonsense. Wild ride though, I suppose. I recall a few of them at pre-bid meetings bragging about their expensive truck, their new speed boat, and even breast implants (lol). Sure hope they weren't financed.
I'd just have to hurt someone's feelings. I'm not going WOKE. Sorry. People need to stop being so sensitive and asking for others to change. Get over it.
They are low skilled, putting yet another term is not going to change this fact.
I was a low skilled worker when I first got to the US, only a moron would think the term is insulting or something. Sorry, me working in the kitchen, me as an associate at a retail store, are low skilled jobs, you can walk in and be trained a a couple of hours.
I agree.
Low skilled/unskilled is just a job that does not require much skill/natural talent/training.
Starting out most people are unskilled. My first jobs were cooking/waiting tables in diners, cleaning houses, babysitting. I moved on to a summer job working in an office. None of those jobs took any skill. That does not mean they dont require some intelligence, motivation, patience and hard work. There is nothing wrong with having an unskilled job. If there wasnt a need the job would not exist. My hat is off to anyone who holds a job no matter what the skill level.
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