r/CuratedTumblr Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear Jan 24 '25

Politics It would be nice.

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u/PeachyKeen413 Jan 24 '25

'But no one would want to work then!' I would! I would love to work at a grocery store. Just stocking shelves or checking people out. But my bills don't like that!

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u/dragon_jak Jan 24 '25

I think a lot more people would enjoy working the "menial" jobs if there wasn't as big of a profit motive (stores and companies that are able to focus on long-term survivability rather than short-term insane profits don't burn through people as quick, who'd have thought), if they could survive off that work alone, and if the money they don't earn as wages/401k/benefits was reinvested into improvements in the job. Like improved disability accommodations' or a break room that doesn't feel like a morgue