• LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world
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    Warehouse fulfillment and fast food. It takes little education and training. I can be doing it in a week. Tops.

    It’s far harder and longer timeframe replacing an engineer for example.

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      1 year ago

      That’s not skilled labor though, that’s white-collar office worker stuff.

      A better example would be a lathe operator.

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        White collar has nothing to do with skilled or not. It’s a calculation on time and cost to replace.

        I don’t know anything about lathe operators but it’s very clear that it’s harder to replace engineers vs cooking fast food.

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          You’re comparing the bottom person at a restaurant with a mid level engineer. You should be comparing an engineering intern with a dishwasher or something. Both are somewhat replaceable (but try running anything without them).

          Compare an actual engineer with a restaurant manager or head chef. Both of those require experience and education.

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            An entry level engineer is going to have 2 years of additional math, or coding, or whatever after highschool. I was cooking burgers and running a register at 14. It’s easy to learn. Most people can cook a burger as a part of their existence, no training but the specific way they want. Far far more easy to replace and train.

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          I don’t think the issue is with the term skilled, I think it’s with labor.

          Unskilled labor is McDonald’s.

          Skilled labor would be like a machinist or a plumber.

          It takes a lot of training, maybe an apprenticeship, etc. maybe even vocational school.