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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•24 hours ago“Skilled labor” is such a bullshit concept
minus-squareBombOmOmlinkEnglish2•14 hours agoThere are jobs that take weeks to learn, jobs that take years to learn, and there are even jobs that take a decade+ to learn. You ain’t putting the three-week old newbie in the latter two roles.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-211 hours agoThat’s true, but it devalues other labor which can be similarly/more difficult or skilled. I skimmed this article, but it seems to convey what I mean: https://www.shrm.org/executive-network/insights/reshaping-narrative-time-retire-term-unskilled-labor I understand what people mean when they say “skilled labor” and I don’t think it’s intended negatively normally fwiw
“Skilled labor” is such a bullshit concept
There are jobs that take weeks to learn, jobs that take years to learn, and there are even jobs that take a decade+ to learn. You ain’t putting the three-week old newbie in the latter two roles.
That’s true, but it devalues other labor which can be similarly/more difficult or skilled. I skimmed this article, but it seems to convey what I mean:
https://www.shrm.org/executive-network/insights/reshaping-narrative-time-retire-term-unskilled-labor
I understand what people mean when they say “skilled labor” and I don’t think it’s intended negatively normally fwiw