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That not all jobs are equal

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Jobqualifications · 29/05/2024 02:24

There’s often a lot of heightened emotions about salaries on here, where low wages jobs are equally, if not harder work than high paying jobs.
What do people think makes a high paid job? Why do people seem to resent them?
I’ve been a SAHM, and for me that was my hardest job ever….predominantly out of boredom and monotony.

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Zanatdy · 29/05/2024 02:41

In my organisation I’m on a higher salary to many others due to level of responsibility rather than how hard I work (63k so not a huge salary). I carry the can, have to resolve a lot of issues in a ‘live environment’, change practices overnight in a world crisis, deal with seniors expectations, and so much more. Whereas most of the team do the bread and butter work, which brings minimal responsibility. Many say to me they couldn’t do my job. I have done theirs, or similar when I first started. I don’t work harder as such but have a lot more stressful days than they do, their day’s are pretty similar, mine are not.

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Jobqualifications · 29/05/2024 02:39

Not necessarily working “hard” but the mental capacity required

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Jobqualifications · 29/05/2024 02:38

DoAWheelie · 29/05/2024 02:36

Pay has never really reflected how hard you actually work.

There are people on millions who spend all day golfing and people on sub minimum wage working 20 hours a day.

If we all just accepted it and stopped with the fake outrage of "but I work hard for my money" it would be a lot easier to have a frank discussion.

Your wage is directly related to how much your employer can profit from what you do. This has nothing to do with how much effort that job is.

I disagree….surely the mental effort a vet puts in is higher than that of someone at the supermarket checkout

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DoAWheelie · 29/05/2024 02:36

Pay has never really reflected how hard you actually work.

There are people on millions who spend all day golfing and people on sub minimum wage working 20 hours a day.

If we all just accepted it and stopped with the fake outrage of "but I work hard for my money" it would be a lot easier to have a frank discussion.

Your wage is directly related to how much your employer can profit from what you do. This has nothing to do with how much effort that job is.

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