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What good/positive habits have you taken away from your time in Covid lockdown and kept up since then? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by ambitious_bones to c/[email protected]

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For example, I have kept the habit of washing my hands with soap, first thing when I come home.

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[–] meekah 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I found it quite ironic how most of the essential workers get shit pay.. Says a lot about our society I think.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

They're essential, but they're also numerous. The barrier to entry for a lot of these jobs is "went to school for some time" - which means pretty much everyone is qualified.

Supply and demand.

Notice how when service staff were allowed back to work, a lot of them didn't, and that drove up zone wages.

And to be clear - I am not advocating for below living wages, nor saying that people doing these jobs are unskilled. You can tell the good from the bad, and I think everyone should be paid at least a living wage.

[–] meekah 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah I agree, I don't think they should be the top earners. But a livable wage should be the minimum...