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Are there any occupations you uniquely oppose the existence of? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I did retirement home training and used to think it was a sweet job. Then I got in the business and underestimated how demoralizing it was as they give you the easy elders in training while the others make you, or at least me, really think of the fact the job just amounts to an unkarmic freebie.

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[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

that seemed like a job that literally only existed to give some people a job

That is exactly what it's for, and it prevents a lot of worse problems just by existing. It significantly reduces crime rates by allowing people who otherwise couldn't earn income, and provides a way for ex-cons to successfully reintegrate into society and not relapse, as well as providing low/no skill labor. It gives some a sense of purpose - retirees who physically can't do any other work for example and need something to do.

It is literally there to give people jobs and its a good thing.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

That money would be better spent sending them to school to learn something useful.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 weeks ago

You missed the low/no skill part, didn't you? There is a need for those.

Or are you the kind of scum that believes we all need to "earn" a living. As if every being isn't entitled to exist unless in servitude to the economy. Fuck right off.

[-] Nighed@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

... So you send them to school to learn a skill?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Or to mop the floor. There’s a low skill job that is actually necessary

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