Re:Labor shortage or terrible jobs?
by jolux on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:10PM
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I read their comment differently than you did, but even if I hadn't I don't quite understand your objection. By definition if you're spending $55/day to survive, you're spending $55/day to earn your pay, if nothing more. The situation you describe is not sustainable either. Please clarify.
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He is making a distinction between cost to survive (I.e. food, shelter, etc) and cost to have the job (I.e. transport).
"net pay is below zero" means (In his interpretation) that the cost of having the job is greater than the amount the job pays. This is unrelated to the cost of surviving.