[quote SW1amp]@Dobbyafreeelf
Maybe more reading and fewer emojis..?
I haven’t said absolutely anyone can do it
I’ve said it’s a job with low barriers to entry that a lot of people can do
@icedcoffees
There are many reasons behind the turnover
One is job dissatisfaction
Another is precisely that it’s an easy job to get, so lots of people use it as a temporary means for money, or a stepping stone to another career
A lot of women with gaps on their CVs will spend time as a carer to get into the workforce
Others use it as a job because it has a relative degree of flexibility compared with others
Lots do the role alongside studying for careers in other healthcare fields
It is hugely underpaid for the work, but put yourself in the shoes of a care home boss.
You need 5 employees so place an ad and get lots of applications, of which 10 could do the job well, and are willing to work for £10/hour
Why would you pay more..?
It’s only when the boss places the ad and only gets 3 applications will they place another ad offering £15 an hour
As long as people apply for the £10/hr job, the job will pay £10/hr
That’s how supply and demand works[/quote]
Pay carers fairly. Treat it like a profession and not a stop gap. Don't look down on someone who tells you they are a carer.
The reason the turn over is high is because of the lack of respect people like YOU give us.
This is an interesting read
www.atlasofplaces.com/essays/on-the-phenomenon-of-bullshit-jobs/
I particularly relate to the following section
in our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it. Again, an objective measure is hard to find, but one easy way to get a sense is to ask: what would happen were this entire class of people to simply disappear? Say what you like about nurses, garbage collectors, or mechanics, it’s obvious that were they to vanish in a puff of smoke, the results would be immediate and catastrophic. A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish. (Many suspect it might markedly improve.) Yet apart from a handful of well-touted exceptions (doctors), the rule holds surprisingly well. Even more perverse, there seems to be a broad sense that this is the way things should be. This is one of the secret strengths of right-wing populism. You can see it when tabloids whip up resentment against tube workers for paralysing London during contract disputes: the very fact that tube workers can paralyse London shows that their work is actually necessary, but this seems to be precisely what annoys people. It’s even clearer in the US, where Republicans have had remarkable success mobilizing resentment against school teachers, or auto workers (and not, significantly, against the school administrators or auto industry managers who actually cause the problems) for their supposedly bloated wages and benefits. It’s as if they are being told ‘but you get to teach children! Or make cars! You get to have real jobs! And on top of that you have the nerve to also expect middle-class pensions and health care?’
If someone had designed a work regime perfectly suited to maintaining the power of finance capital, it’s hard to see how they could have done a better job. Real, productive workers are relentlessly squeezed and exploited.