• Asafum@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    Every single time I see this type of conversation come up it’s always about the more privileged higher paying white collar work.

    In my shit experience, blue collar work is “get shit raises or take massive pay cuts.” There is no “change job and also make more.” I’ve been stuck in the same cycle for 15 years now… Every time I leave a job I get knocked back to the wage I made when I first started the job I left regardless of the new position.

    But that’s because only white collar workers are seen as people. Us blue collar workers are just meat machines that never deserve more than we were “bought” for and any new employee is automatically assumed to be as intelligent and skilled as a dead cockroach.

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      5 months ago

      Every single time I see this type of conversation come up it’s always about the more privileged higher paying white collar work.

      this is true and i know i because i’m one of those workers while my siblings aren’t and only my pay increases significantly each time while theirs remain stagnant.

      on the other hand recruiters hate “job hoppers” and you’ll end up with more gate keepers to jobs the more often you do it; while my siblings barely get any questions when they have to switch jobs.

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Oh I hear you. I’m in no way celebrating any of these dynamics or the white collar focus of “how to run your career advice”.