rockSlayer@lemmy.worldM to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThere is no such thing as "unskilled labor"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1993arrow-down1136
arrow-up1857arrow-down1imageThere is no such thing as "unskilled labor"lemmy.worldrockSlayer@lemmy.worldM to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down12·11 months agoIt’s still disingenuous to call it unskilled, though. Even those jobs require rudimentary skills that not everyone has. If we diminish the value of these skills, we’re just devaluing people even further.
minus-squareArgonne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoWhat do you want to call it? Just curious, we love to criticize but not offer suggestions
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoUnspecialized is a bit less dismissive of a term
minus-squaremaniclucky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI got into an argument with someone about this. I ended up proposing generalized versus specialized.
It’s still disingenuous to call it unskilled, though. Even those jobs require rudimentary skills that not everyone has. If we diminish the value of these skills, we’re just devaluing people even further.
What do you want to call it? Just curious, we love to criticize but not offer suggestions
Unspecialized is a bit less dismissive of a term
I got into an argument with someone about this. I ended up proposing generalized versus specialized.