Re:Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage
by CuriouslyC on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:06PM
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If there are very few non-predatory low wage jobs with good career prospects (which is one of the fundamental gripes of millennials/gen z along with housing costs) then your choices are:
1. Get lucky enough to land a good low paying job where advancement is likely
2. Take the shit job while you hope to find #1 (assuming you have the time and energy to keep job hunting while dealing with life/taking care of a kid/going to school part time/etc)
3. Get evicted for not paying rent and become homeless. You aren't even allowed the option of homesteading/living off the land, because it's all private property and some rich jerk who never uses it will eventually end up calling the sheriff on you.
4. Say fuck the system and become a criminal.
People are tired of spending their entire life on option #2, burning half their monthly paycheck on substandard, overcrowded living accommodations. These jobs are a trap, and companies that have roles of this sort should be forced to either build progression into them, or compensate workers better. If a business can't turn a profit without exploiting its workers it shouldn't be a business.
1. Get lucky enough to land a good low paying job where advancement is likely 2. Take the shit job while you hope to find #1 (assuming you have the time and energy to keep job hunting while dealing with life/taking care of a kid/going to school part time/etc) 3. Get evicted for not paying rent and become homeless. You aren't even allowed the option of homesteading/living off the land, because it's all private property and some rich jerk who never uses it will eventually end up calling the sheriff on you. 4. Say fuck the system and become a criminal.
People are tired of spending their entire life on option #2, burning half their monthly paycheck on substandard, overcrowded living accommodations. These jobs are a trap, and companies that have roles of this sort should be forced to either build progression into them, or compensate workers better. If a business can't turn a profit without exploiting its workers it shouldn't be a business.