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25 Of The Best Responses To New York’s New Mayor Eric Adams Calling Workers ‘Low-Skill’
Nobody’s immune from making verbal slip-ups, no matter how much experience with public speaking they have. Newly-minted New York mayor Eric Adams is facing quite a bit of heat right now from some politicians and the crowd on Twitter for a recent gaffe. He accidentally referred to workers as ‘low-skill’ instead of ‘low-wage.’
Some people believe that Adams directly insulted low-wage employees, and Bored Panda has collected a series of tweets that show what social media users thought of the mayor’s words. Scroll down to have a read.
However, politics is more complicated than just that and sometimes it can be hard to hear the message through the noise. Some think that it’s unfair to criticize Adams so harshly, considering the context of his comments: he was expressing support for low-wage workers. Others think that the comment itself might not be the main issue at all, but rather him urging employees to go back to working from the office rather than from home.
But what’s your opinion? Let us know in the comments what you think of Adams’ ‘low-skill’ comment, dear Pandas. Do you think it was an honest mistake or do you believe it shows something about his attitude towards anyone in a low-wage position? What’s your verdict on NYC’s new mayor so far?
Bored Panda reached out to celebrity, pop culture, and entertainment expert Mike Sington for a few comments on how public figures can avoid gaffes and how he interpreted Mayor Adams' words. Scroll down for our full interview with Mike.
Eric Adams just said “Low skill workers like cooks, messengers and Dunkin’ Donuts employees don’t have the academic skills to sit in a corner office” pic.twitter.com/KaoY9MNZ8J
— Achmat X (@AchmatX) January 4, 2022
Reporter: Many workers don’t feel safe going back to work and employers want to delay back to office.
Adams: pic.twitter.com/qthAGKHZOf— Achmat X (@AchmatX) January 4, 2022
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Smithy Jones 3 years ago (edited)
Just watching Trump try to unsuccessfully figure out how to close an umbrella & then throw it on the ground in frustration tells you everything you need to know about politicians & skill.
Celebrity expert Mike told Bored Panda that public figures should always be aware of who they're speaking to and should always prepare as much as possible beforehand to avoid mistakes.
"Public figures must always keep in mind who their audience is when speaking to them, and realize their audience, and themselves, do not have the same life experiences," he said. "A phrase or word that seems fine to you, may not land well with your audience. Preparation is the best way to avoid slip-ups and gaffes. Know what you’re going to say, and know who you’re saying it to."
Mike suggested that public figures own up to their gaffes to reduce the fallout. "Admit you misspoke, apologize, and correct yourself. Mayor Adams at first got defensive and said his remarks were 'distorted.' That tactic, which is common, just prolongs the controversy," he explained.
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De Gueb 3 years ago
Being a good waitress is a art, It takes intelligence, skill and patients all while looking good and smiling all the time and sometimes putting up with a*****s. I used to say that a good waitress reigns behind the bar. Normally the smart ones survive, get great tips and enjoy working. The dumb ones go back to collage and get a degree. The sad thing is that most people are condescending to their "servers". In my late teens and twenties I work as a bouncer, cook and burger joint, waiter, bar manager and it takes a lot of energy. Long hours getting up early the next day for deliverys, backs etc. Now in my 50s I'm glad that I also did some technical stuff because I don't thing I would be able to work a busy bar on a Saturday night. Physically it's very demanding. Nowadays I'm firmly rooted on the other side of the bar.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Geub, the other side of the bar is waaaay more fun :). You're right, it takes skill an patience to work as a server. I would end up tipping soup in someone a$$hole's hair.
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Vicky Z 3 years ago
Despite the fact that this is highly offensive and undermines those people's work i believe it's also not true! In countries with high unemployment it is very usual that waitresses and waiters for example to have degrees in other fields and be highly educated even more than the people they serve! Shame on him
Marco Conti 3 years ago
Good job AOC! I am skilled, supposedly, but I worked plenty of "low skill" jobs. They take skill. That skill is earned. Dishwashers don't want a corner office. Some respect and a living wage would be enough.
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
This is probably the first time I’ve ever disagreed with AOC. Most jobs are low skill. Including lots of corner office jobs. Because people in general are fùcking stupid and even if they have skills, they don’t use them. I was a waitress and bartender like AOC. unlike her, I even went to school for bartending (it was $600! A fortune to me at the time). Sure, making drinks and dealing with idiots is a “skill” but it’s a low skill. Who cares? Everyone deserves a living wage.
Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Right? I don’t even understand how skill level even came up; the point is that if you want to hire ‘em, you need to pay ‘em properly.
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Lara Verne 3 years ago
Low skill? Try to work like them for one day, so we can see how skilled you are.
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Samuel Pelatan 3 years ago
That's called a general strike and is what gave us paid vacation, sick and maternity leaves, union rights etc... All we have had to be taken from the rich.
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Value isn’t skill. No need to be upset by it. Not everyone needs to be highly skilled.
Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Low skill doesn’t mean low value, stop conflating the two and magically a problem folks are trying to create will vanish.
Vicky Z 3 years ago
There was no need to choose a negatively charged word such as "low" when there are thousands of words to describe professions that require our respect too
Load More Replies...In Mike's opinion, Mayor Adams' 'low-skill' comment was, in fact, insulting. "Every job requires skills, and everyone’s skill set is different. No one has the right to judge what someone else’s skills are because they really don’t know," he told Bored Panda.
According to Mike, Adams is "off to a bumpy start," but the expert's willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. "He’s brand new at the job. He’s got a very difficult job, and I’m hoping he succeeds."
NYC mayor Adams later corrected himself and pointed out that he meant to say ‘low-wage’ instead of ‘low-skill.’ However, he still drew a lot of fire from some progressive Democrats, among them, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“The suggestion that any job is ‘low skill’ is a myth perpetuated by wealthy interests to justify inhumane working conditions, little/no healthcare, and low wages. Plus being a waitress has made me and many others *better* at our jobs than those who’ve never known that life,” she wrote on Twitter.
Adams believes that Ocasio-Cortez’s comments were off-point and called her the “word police.” New York’s new mayor has a lot of experience working low-wage jobs himself and his own mother was a house cleaner.
#4
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Yep, first they get a huge applause and now they get what ??? Nothing has changed ... SIGH.
John L 3 years ago
Did you really expect it to last? It's why so many people are quitting their jobs. My question, is what took sooooo long?
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
That’s not what he was saying. The opposite really. Low skilled workers are essential and deserve a good wage.
Vicky Z 3 years ago
I don't get the people defending the "low skill" term. These professions are traditionally considered for the poor, for the uneducated like it's something to be ashamed of! I've seen people treating waiters like garbage because they feel that they are above them! Having the mayor talking about low skills when he could use ANY other positive word to describe their job is horrible for me and doesn't show respect!
Salty Baritone 3 years ago
They were both essential and low skilled if the job they did was low skilled. 🤦♂️
Dodie Rippentrop 3 years ago
"Unskilled" hospital kitchen worker here. HE CAN SERIOUSLY GO F**K HIMSELF.
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Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Essential doesn’t equal high skill, it just means essential. There were essential low skill workers and essential high skill workers in 2020. This is a non-issue. Everyone making this an issue needs to grow up.
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Those statements aren’t at odds. In fact they support one another. Low skilled workers are essential AF.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
A neurosurgeon is a highly skilled essential worker and a food delivery person is a low skilled essential worker. Why do we have to get so defensive about facts? This isn’t a fight about brains, it’s about putting your money where your mouth is and paying all “essential workers” whom you could not do without at least a livable wage.
Lioness Nature 3 years ago
Essential workers when theres and pandemic crisis and their numbers rapidly drop. Low skilled workers when their numbers recover due to low skill workers on the frontline being forced to adjust to the pandemic and other unsafe work conditions. In which the employers and politicians don't have to. Lazy or demanding workers (great resignation) when they are in burn out mode and didn't get any financial security, wage raises, or health benefits added while they were on the frontline making them coporate capital pricks money. Telling me to deal with or do something you don't have to do.
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DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
Low skilled is not the same as low valued. There are people who’s only employable skill is sweeping. They still deserve a livable wage. That is what this man is arguing for. You just need to hear before and after.
Green Snake 3 years ago
You obviously don't live in the United States. The caste system here is VERY real. Plus, this guy has been in office a week and has managed to say or do at least three offensive things per day. New Yorkers, you own this failure big time!
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Diane DeOrio 3 years ago
I used to clean toilets for a living. Then I became a teacher. Try living your life with filthy toilets!
Blackstone 3 years ago (edited)
Probably one of any number of specialties where jobs required 10 years experience for a starting position. I have accepted jobs outside my field because retail paid better than the "exposure opportunities" a starting job in my field would have.
Load More Replies... Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Saying someone is working a job that is low-skilled doesn’t diminish the value of the person. Seriously?
“I was a cook. I was a dishwasher. If nobody came to my restaurant when I was in college, I wouldn’t have been able to survive. When you talk about closing down our city, you’re talking about putting low-wage workers out of a job. I’m not letting that happen,” he wrote on Twitter.
According to Adams, employees going back to work from their offices instead of their homes would give a boost of support to low-wage workers in the food and service industry. However, with the Covid-19 pandemic raging on, some are questioning this drive.
On the one hand, Adams is suggesting ways to boost the earnings that small businesses get. On the other hand, there is the vital question of controlling the spread of the coronavirus: one of the ways that it can be reduced is by encouraging people to work remotely.
#7
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
If you listen to before and after you will see that he’s arguing for higher wages. That’s the whole point.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
“If my businesses are sharing with their employees, you’re a part of the ecosystem of this city. My low skilled workers, my cooks, [ALREADY QUOTED] they need this. We are in this together”.
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DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
That’s pretty much his point. If you listen to more, he’s saying, ‘you sit behind your desk making decisions about the most vulnerable, stop being a selfish prick and give my hardworking front line people a livable wage’.
Narwhal Blast 3 years ago
I don't know how it is in the USA, but here in Europe there are schools people attend to become waiters, bartenders, cooks and what not. Talk about "unskilled labour"... going into politics just because you have made some money should be called unskilled.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
Not everyone can handle serving or cooking in a busy bar/restaurant, much less be good at it. It may not require a lot of schooling or as much time to develop as many other skills, but it's certainly a skill not all people can learn. Maybe it's more similar to sports in that you have to have an aptitude for it.
Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Difficulty of the job doesn’t equate to the skills necessary. I’ve peeled logs with a bark spud before, 12 hours a day. Most line cooks couldn’t do that job. Doesn’t mean it requires a lot of skill to do.
#9
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
Do they also begin with "D" and end with "onald J. Trump"?
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Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, told CNBC that it is offensive to use the term ‘low-skill.’ According to her, the term creates a false link between low pay and low academic requirements.
“I try not to use that term myself because I’m not sure who that is possibly referring to. A lot of people talk about credentials or amount of education, but that’s not the same thing as skills. It’s a way to make an excuse for why some jobs in the U.S. economy are paid such low wages,” she said.
“When we think about the valuing of many low-wage jobs, it’s not just about the undervaluing of that work, it’s also tied up in historical sexism, racism, xenophobia. It’s often that these workers don’t have the leverage or bargaining power to get better wage contracts or working conditions.”
#10
Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Which is why he is pushing for higher wages for low-skilled workers… 🤦♂️
Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago
I think that is the point that she is making--and she's using quotation marks to demonstrate that she is using the word ironically.
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Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Please, not everyone earning a lot of money ties their identity to it, as is the same for people earning much less. By saying what you’ve said, you are appealing to the standard you condemn. Kinda confusing…
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
I know right...no longer essential...in reality we were just expendable.
Lioness Nature 3 years ago
Remember all that crap about how "heroes work here" . Oh how the song changes so quick.
Salty Baritone 3 years ago
No, they did not. Adam’s is promoting a higher wage for low-skilled workers. For f**k’s sake, sooner or later we are going to come up with some dumb as s**t buzzword for low-skilled workers that make them a victim. Underprivileged skilled workers, or skills denied labor, and so on… Folks can also make the sacrifice and take on the debt to gain skills and by extension make more money.
Meanwhile, Ross Barkan, writing for ‘Jacobin,’ stresses the fact that Adams was clearly expressing support for low-wage workers with his comments. However, the main issue according to Barkan is that NYC’s mayor “has no interest in substantive policies to aid [the city’s] working class.”
“No worker should be shamed for enjoying remote work. Personally, I like remote work. Commutes are draining. Certain professions must ultimately be in-person, but there are many that don’t have to be. Many people have found remote work rewarding, allowing them to spend more time with friends and family. A work-life balance can be restored,” writes Barkan.
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MotherofGuineaPigs 3 years ago
I have worked retail and food service - Those that work 3rd shift on the weekend at Waffle House deserve hazzard pay.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
Yes, listen to before and after that sound bite and you’ll see he agrees with you.
Vicky Z 3 years ago
Still he could have used any other word that is more positive! You don't have to stick to the low skill even if it's true! There are so many other words he could use! Uneducated or poor workers could be true too but does he need to say it? Is it necessary?
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Patricia Healton 3 years ago
Especially for the fun after a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Low-skill does not equal low effort. Also, I’ve worked third shift in fast food back in college, and I sing opera professionally now. My professional career as an opera singer is both harder than 3rd shift fast food and requires a great deal more skill. If you don’t believe me, put a 3rd shift line cook on stage and tell them to sing in Italian to an Italian audience. I promise it’ll be entertaining.
#14
Lioness Nature 3 years ago
The Workers of Kellogs cereal distribution did it and they won. And when corporate tried to trick them into a bogus deal with a lot of fine print just get workers back on the line the workers called BS on it and continued to strike until their demands were met. Strike started October ended in December. Unionizing works. Bring back unions.
Kona Pake 3 years ago
What about those low wage immigrants that Donald imported to work at his hotels?
Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago
and the undocumented workers who cleaned up 9/11 and now are suffering from cancers caused by the hazardous materials they were cleaning up--they deserve retroactive pay and health care--at the very least.
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Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Ironic that Adam’s was appealing for higher wages for these workers and everyone is instead bent on the low-skilled bit; and it’s true…
#15
Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Yeah, shame on that guy for advocating higher wages for those workers. They should spit in his food for that slight. 🤦♂️
“Adams, however, has many economic incentives to fight this trend of remote work, even if it’s inevitable. Remote work means less foot traffic in Midtown, Tribeca, and the Financial District. This punishes the many blue-collar workers—the food cart vendors, security guards, lunch spot cashiers, dishwashers—who have relied on the presence of white-collar workers to make their living. Though he’s plenty wealthy now, Adams does have roots in the working class and is able, in his own way, to relate to these struggles.”
This isn’t the only spot of trouble that Adams has been in. Most recently, he’s come under fire for alleged nepotism. The mayor is a former NYPD officer, just like his brother Bernard Adams, and appointed him as deputy police commissioner with a salary of a whopping 240k dollars per year.
"Not sure why he’d invite backlash right away by appointing his brother deputy police commissioner. People frown on nepotism at work. I question the advice he’s getting, someone should have told him that would be a bad move," celebrity expert Mike told Bored Panda how he views this particular situation.
#16
Olga Dremina 3 years ago
Immigrants also can have all the degrees, but they don't have papers, or their University is not valid in your country.
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
All jobs require skills, just different skills. Even when they say "unskilled laborer"....like you need a lot of skills to do that job. Calling it "unskilled" or "low skilled" is ridiculous.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
There are no "low skill" jobs, only jobs which have minimal skill-related barriers to entry. Every job requires some particular set of skills to be good at.
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Salty Baritone 3 years ago
Picking up dog poop takes very little skill. Cleaning dishes takes very little skill. Doing laundry takes very little skill. Running a sanitation company that covers all three things takes a lot of skill. Just because we pay people to do the jobs we could do based on the skills we have doesn’t mean those jobs have no value. It just means we would rather pay someone else to do the low-skilled job. The level of skill is irrelevant. Making that the issue is nucking futs.
Vicky Z 3 years ago
I'm sorry but you completely simplify these jobs! Washing dishes at your home is completely different with washing dishes let's say at a big hotel where you have to be fast and effective! For sure it needs skills you have no idea how many skills it needs there is a system so the place can function! Insisting on this low skill thing is undermining an already undermined job!!
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Narwhal Blast 3 years ago
As someone who has had a lot of jobs to keep myself in uni - bartender, waitress, barista, maid, receptionist, etc - I met so many condescending, stupid and rude people, just because "I was serving them".
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Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
Leave off cops. Yes, there are plenty of bad ones - but policing takes some skill. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of skills for which too many cops receive inadequate training.
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Ozacoter 3 years ago
This is so important and most native people doesnt realise it. Many immigrants doing the lowest jobs are extremely educated. They are just discriminated and unable to find a job in their fields. As a migrant most of my colleagues have minimum a bachellor and the vast majority struggle to even find jobs as cleaning ladies.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
Yep, I was speaking to a francophone car guard one day here in SA. He was from Congo. An engineer. Watching peoples' cars for coins.
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Kona Pake 3 years ago
Shouldn’t Donald be called a scammer and a grifter rather than a politician?
Gogeta Blue 3 years ago
To be fair.. only a few cops have no skill, but the cops without skill are on the news and the good cops almost never make it on the news. And it doesn’t help that some of the bad cops get promoted.
Analyn Lahr 3 years ago
In theory, one has to a have brain to be a cop. Or maybe that's detective. I guess some of them suck too. But I have to believe they're not all racist, violent cavemen who shoot first and don't ask questions. Mind I did see one NOT wearing a face mask in a store that required them. Because there's a f*****g mask mandate in this state!
ZAPanda 3 years ago
No be fair ... politicians have to understand tax laws to move their hard-"earned" - "lobby money" to tax havens overseas. And cops have great skills in killing people as quickly as possible with the least amount of legal accountability. Those are pretty tricky skills right there.
Dave In MD 3 years ago
Love all you anti cop people. Take a walk downtown in any major city at night and your ass will be screaming for a cop to come rescue you. Or maybe you can just tell the person robbing, raping or killing you that you support them and they will thank you and leave you alone.
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K Witmer 3 years ago
Cops don't need to go to college. They don't have to study that long either. The few bad apples is a myth bc the good cops get fired when they point out police corruption. They are a corrupt entity that needs replacement. They should also need a college degree.
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Isaac Harvey 3 years ago
I used to be aligned with the Democratic side of the US government until the Democrats in the government showed their true colors. Apparently there are problems both parties may never even be willing to address.
Lioness Nature 3 years ago
It was supposed to be nationally $15 dollars per hour minimum wage but then states (like mine, Illinois) started making the $15 dollar per hour state minimum wage into state law and the Democrats thought other states would follow suit without regulating it. Why on earth did they leave that task up to each individual state is beyond me. Most states didn't even want to put in proper COVID 19 guidelines, restrictions, or safety protocols on their own merit. Those states who they are.
Load More Replies... Green Snake 3 years ago
He's a DINO. Same as a GOP but since that club does not allow non-whites he had to settle for the second lamest party.
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DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
Manufactured rage. Listen to before and after. Sounds like he’s arguing for livable wage. Sounds like someone (1%) wants to take light off the real issue by making it about something else.
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
He’s used a poor choice of words AND been taken out of context. An editor’s delight, he’s gifted the opposition a great little soundbite that undermines his own stance. As you rightly say, manufactured outrage, it’s looking for something to be offended by and he’s unwittingly provided it.
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RP 3 years ago
You can be a highly skilled person doing a low-skill job. It is not an insult, it describes the amount of training you need to do the job. It does not mean that the job should not be well paid, that would have to been a second (and wrong) argument.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
RP thank you for a concise and we’ll put statement of fact.
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Emily 3 years ago
By all means, let us combat the people who don't understand certain jobs and call them "low-skilled" by calling jobs that we don't understand "low-skilled." Heavy sarcasm implied. Can we not just be upset about the lack of livable wages, why does everyone resort to pretending that politicians and policeman are useless and unskilled?
karla Meixnerová 3 years ago
During my Master's degree (which I completed with honours) I worked as a receptionist. Customers often referred to me as a "stupid receptionist", although I would say I was more intelligent than most of them... Work doesn't define your IQ at all.
Silre 3 years ago
I worked at a call center for eleven years before getting a job that's remotely related to my degree
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Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Isn't low-skill just jobs that almost anyone can learn with little to no training? Like, I wouldn't know what to do when you dropped me in a McDonald's kitchen right now, but I'm sure I'd learn in a few days. Drop someone at my desk and they'll need 4+ years of uni, training and experience to do what I do. Doesn't mean low-skilled jobs shouldn't pay a living wage, or that people who have those jobs are worth less, or are less intelligent or anything. It's just that the job requires little to no training.
Nathan Jones 3 years ago
What a f*****g clown. I graduated third in my class in high school, earned a degree in mechanical engineering, and joined the Army. Now I cook for a living. It isn't because I lack academic skills, it's because I made the decision to pursue happiness over wealth. I don't regret it.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Good for you! :-) Happiness *is* wealth, IMO. The real kind.
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snipergun 3 years ago
Please don't feel offended but to dismiss "low skill job" term or pretend it's made up for political reasons is too far for me. I think low skill labor is right term for something everyone can do. But does that mean that anyone should be paid less than living wage? No. Is person doing such a job less valuable than corner office manager? Absolutely not. I don't think anyone should be ashamed saying/doing low skill job, basically whole society is standing on those, if they stopped working everyone notices immediately, if corner manager stops working, thanks to lower or low skill jobs that won't be noticed for weeks or months. Anyone working deserves to make enough money to live comfortably! And no job should be shame, people who try to shame work of any kind are those our society does not need.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Living wage. And by living, I mean "First World", not "you're technically breathing with a heartbeat".
Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Oh, is THAT what the yanks have been pissed off about?! Meanwhile in New Zealand, Cindy inched the minimum wage somewhat closer to a living wage (but not all the way) and our fighting mostly just consisted of businesses bleating about how it was hard for them to afford (like it’s not hard for their employees to afford basic necessities?!)
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
Manufactured rage. Listen to before and after. Sounds like he’s arguing for livable wage. Sounds like someone (1%) wants to take light off the real issue by making it about something else.
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
He’s used a poor choice of words AND been taken out of context. An editor’s delight, he’s gifted the opposition a great little soundbite that undermines his own stance. As you rightly say, manufactured outrage, it’s looking for something to be offended by and he’s unwittingly provided it.
Load More Replies... RP 3 years ago
You can be a highly skilled person doing a low-skill job. It is not an insult, it describes the amount of training you need to do the job. It does not mean that the job should not be well paid, that would have to been a second (and wrong) argument.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
RP thank you for a concise and we’ll put statement of fact.
Load More Replies... Emily 3 years ago
By all means, let us combat the people who don't understand certain jobs and call them "low-skilled" by calling jobs that we don't understand "low-skilled." Heavy sarcasm implied. Can we not just be upset about the lack of livable wages, why does everyone resort to pretending that politicians and policeman are useless and unskilled?
karla Meixnerová 3 years ago
During my Master's degree (which I completed with honours) I worked as a receptionist. Customers often referred to me as a "stupid receptionist", although I would say I was more intelligent than most of them... Work doesn't define your IQ at all.
Silre 3 years ago
I worked at a call center for eleven years before getting a job that's remotely related to my degree
Load More Replies... Demi Zwaan 3 years ago
Isn't low-skill just jobs that almost anyone can learn with little to no training? Like, I wouldn't know what to do when you dropped me in a McDonald's kitchen right now, but I'm sure I'd learn in a few days. Drop someone at my desk and they'll need 4+ years of uni, training and experience to do what I do. Doesn't mean low-skilled jobs shouldn't pay a living wage, or that people who have those jobs are worth less, or are less intelligent or anything. It's just that the job requires little to no training.
Nathan Jones 3 years ago
What a f*****g clown. I graduated third in my class in high school, earned a degree in mechanical engineering, and joined the Army. Now I cook for a living. It isn't because I lack academic skills, it's because I made the decision to pursue happiness over wealth. I don't regret it.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Good for you! :-) Happiness *is* wealth, IMO. The real kind.
Load More Replies... snipergun 3 years ago
Please don't feel offended but to dismiss "low skill job" term or pretend it's made up for political reasons is too far for me. I think low skill labor is right term for something everyone can do. But does that mean that anyone should be paid less than living wage? No. Is person doing such a job less valuable than corner office manager? Absolutely not. I don't think anyone should be ashamed saying/doing low skill job, basically whole society is standing on those, if they stopped working everyone notices immediately, if corner manager stops working, thanks to lower or low skill jobs that won't be noticed for weeks or months. Anyone working deserves to make enough money to live comfortably! And no job should be shame, people who try to shame work of any kind are those our society does not need.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Living wage. And by living, I mean "First World", not "you're technically breathing with a heartbeat".
Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Oh, is THAT what the yanks have been pissed off about?! Meanwhile in New Zealand, Cindy inched the minimum wage somewhat closer to a living wage (but not all the way) and our fighting mostly just consisted of businesses bleating about how it was hard for them to afford (like it’s not hard for their employees to afford basic necessities?!)
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