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Re:When will we fix the tools that run the world? by mrguyorama on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @02:59PM (#42637865)
They are certainly paid and treated that way, but only because corps really want to buy their own bullshit.

There have never been enough highschoolers to fulfill all the """not real""" jobs that people keep insisting shouldn't pay enough to live. Hell, you used to be able to live on flipping burgers. In plenty of modern and democratic countries you actually still can live while flipping burgers.

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Re:When will we fix the tools that run the world? by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:10PM (#42659584)
> In plenty of modern and democratic countries you actually still can live while flipping burgers.

Depending on your demands on quality of life I'd doubt that.

Somewhere 1988 to 1989 I 'flipped burgers' as a so called crew-trainer fulltime, and made almost 5000 Deutsche Mark per month (after taxes, 'netto'), due to mostly working late/night-shifts.

Inflation adjusted that would roughly be about €5000/USD now. I think you'd be lucky to reach 2400 to 2800 now, as 'normal' burger flipper, or one level up, as crew trainer, no matter if working late/night shifts. (Because the financial benefits of working late/night are mostly gone now)

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