[quote SandyY2K]**@Airbubbleme
That's one way of looking at it, the capitalist viewpoint. Very narrow, and absolutely to the detriment of all.
Nothing matters more than caring for the vulnerable, to do so benefits all.*
That's the reality of the world we live in and always will be.
There are so many jobs that are important in society...many of them are poorly paid.. .but they are very important nonetheless.
We would all be affected if refuse collectors went on strike. We'd soon have rats all over the place causing disease...leading to an outbreak. ..affecting our health. It's a very important job, but not one most people particularly value, yet it's vital to keep us all healthy.
As well as some of those jobs, there are also other careers that care for the vulnerable, but they command a higher salary and are a higher value. Such as doctors, social workers, Occupational therapists, Mental health Professionals, Psychologists etc..these all care for the vulnerable and they benefit all, but due to the level of training and qualifications for these jobs, they are valued more.
In the job evaluation process, which determines pay fairly...underneath it all fundamentally, we look at difficulty level...to determine the value of a job.[/quote]
Wrong. It might be the reality of your capitalist view of the world but fortunately the well-educated know better. Capitalism is unsustainable and the world (perhaps not the UK) is waking up, albeit belatedly, to the importance of sustainability. You probably think that means not using plastic bags but a sustainable world is one in which every being is valued for their intrinsic worth, not according to some poxy capitalist spreadsheet about "valuable skills".
I'm amazed that given your "expertise" that you seem uninformed of the value of soft skills, you seem very wedded to your (outdated) knowledge which is informed by a very narrow, patriarchal approach. In short, work at which women excel and have performed traditionally ie caring, organising, multi tasking, skills of empathy and creativity, flexibility, these are traditionally undervalued because they don't fit with the traditional view that male-dominated professions are somehow more valuable. It's called sexism and it goes back a really long way.
Any profession dominated by women has been downgraded, history tells us this. Teachers' salaries began to slide when more women joined the profession, the same happened with doctors.
Economic strength can only be fully realised through true diversity.
If you genuinely do grade levels of importance of skills, be warned that your knowledge is at the end of its shelf life. The stuff you're trotting out is very 90s, it's all about soft skills and STEM now. All the best upgrading to a sustainable career.