Skilled and unskilled work?

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I've come across this debate on twitter and thought it would be interesting to get some opinions on here too.
Is there such a thing as unskilled work? And do people working 'unskilled' jobs still deserve to earn a living wage?
I work in marketing/design while my boyfriend is a bar man. While he spends 10 hours + straight on his feet with 1 break, I spend an 8 hour day sat at a desk. I have the freedom to go for a walk or grab a snack whenever I want. He works unsociable hours and shift patterns. He deals with customers, making drinks, food, complaints, cleaning, stock counting and restocking. I sit and play on photoshop creating designs. 
I feel like his job is ten times harder than mine! Sure I got a degree first but anyone can learn how to use photoshop really. Yet his job is looked down upon whereas mine isn't. He like many others works for minimum wage so therefore not a living wage. I admit I don't get paid much more but its a salary with sick pay and holidays.
There isn't really such a thing as unskilled work, everything is a skill only some things you don't learn through a degree. And all jobs should be viewed equally and pay enough to live off. People need to stop looking down on certain jobs. These jobs are often where people are worked too hard for little benefits.

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Everyone deserves a living wage.
Regardless of what your job demands, you deserve to be able to afford to live.

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Yes there is, and it is how exempt vs non-exempt as well as overtime has been abused by some employers in the USA. 
    
Unskilled labor, when measured by educational attainment, refers to jobs that require a high school diploma only, or could even be filled by a high school dropout. Skilled labor requires additional skills or education.
   
Furthermore disability, in the USA, follows a model of labor that gives a clearer definition of what this means. Social Security categorizes jobs into skilled work, semi-skilled work, and unskilled work. It relies on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to classify jobs into these categories. Let's look at what each category of work entails and which category some common jobs fall into.
    
Unskilled work involves simple tasks and doesn't usually require one to exercise judgment. It typically requires only a month or less to learn. Many, but not all, unskilled jobs require physical strength or coordination.
   
Here are some examples of unskilled jobs:
parking lot attendant
cleaner or janitor
fast food worker
line operator
messenger
sewing machine operator (semi-automatic)
construction laborer
information desk clerk, and
vegetable harvester/picker (and some other types of farm workers).
    
If you have a history of only unskilled work, Social Security can't say there are semi-skilled or skilled jobs you can do; you can do only unskilled work, and only if your limitations allow it.
   
Also, unskilled jobs don’t produce transferable skills, so if your only jobs have been unskilled and you are 50 years or older, you have a chance of fitting into a grid rule that says you're disabled. (On the other hand, if you have transferable job skills and you can do at least sit-down work, you won't be found disabled.)

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I hate the term unskilled.  I also hate the word entry level.  I used to train call center agents and I would have people who were victims of the economy and used to own businesses but lost everything and had t start over.
A job is a job.  Hold your head High for being employed

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Unskilled- meaning there are no special requirements other than being physically able to do the work.
No advanced education needed
No previous experience 
No previous work history in general
So yes there is such a thing as unskilled work. 
No one is looking down at it that's just what it's called
Escorting and adult entertainment is an unskilled profession by that definition. 
Lower the cost of living and I guarantee u the poverty lines will change 👌🏼🤔

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Eh, it sounds like you may have contradicted yourself a little there... "there's no such thing as unskilled work," yet you said that, "anyone can learn how to photoshop," meaning it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. The same can be said for bartenders. Anyone can learn how to tend a bar. But, my husband is what you would consider a skilled tradesman; he's a welder and well, let's be honest... there's men in their 50's with over 30 years of experience in welding, yet no one is quite as skilled when it comes to him. (I know that sounds like I'm being boastful,) but you know... he takes pride in that! And I'm equally proud of him. My husband literally has people calling him left and right, offering him jobs because they know how valuable he is and how good he is at what he does. No wonder they want him to come work for them. Not anyone can do this type of work. It's not for everyone. It does require skill, and so much more. With that said, I think what you're concerned about is people looking down on you or your husband. Don't be. I don't look down on anyone for having an, "unskilled," job. It may be an, "unskilled," job, but what if that's your calling? The world needs a mixture of people in order to keep things going. All those people with, "unskilled jobs," help make people like me and my husbands lives, a whole lot easier!! Cashiers, stock boys, and many many many more... I like to think that together, we all make the world go round! So, you should just be proud of the work you and your husband do, and try to see the bigger picture! And don't let the negative thoughts and opinions of others get you down. Skilled, or unskilled; it's a job, and I don't look down on anyone, unless they're too lazy to even get a job in the first place...

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Yes everyone deserves a living wage. 
Do bartenders commonly make minimum wage there? Here it's mostly tip based, and some people make bank. It's a tough job. 
I'm not thrilled with the terms skilled and unskilled. It has a moralistic feel to me. That said, yes some jobs take a higher educational/labor investment and the pay should ideally be reflective of that.

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I worked at the zoo one summer serving dippin dots. It took no skills whatsoever. Spoon dots, count change/ run card. That job is not worth a, car, an apartment, insurance, etc. it's just not.

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I meet people all the time at job fairs with resumes full of retail or restaurant experience and they down play it. I say every job has transferable skills! You learn something valuable in every position, whether it be customer service, time management, or organization. My fiance is a manager in retail. He is required to work 55+ hours a week (literally, he could work 44 hours and call out sick, and still have to use 8 hours of leave). Because he's in retail he gets spoken down to alot and is viewed as "unskilled" which isn't the case at all. I also came from retail and had many of same experiences. All I can say is, is a fucking shame and disgrace the view people have towards people in the service industry, or those who have jobs they view as "unskilled"

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Has anyone who agrees with this actually worked an "unskilled" job? I work at a rest stop, that's cooking, cleaning, taking orders, dealing with asshole truckers and creeps, working a till, being the only one who can make coffee and repairs. 
Guess who much I make?
Nothing. It's categorised as work experience. 9 hours on my feet and no break.
You're pissed about people making a living wage for doing jobs you don't consider as "skilful" as yours? Cry me a fucking river and pay my wages

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I always have felt that all jobs have pros and cons and you should always work in a job you love. What you might think is a hard job for him he might felt is a breeze. There's some people who tell me they could never do what I do (I'm a nurse with works with compliance for laws that docs must follow) then there's work I could never do like hard labor. I think every job has a skill u must master. Some might just require more education and training than others.

Skilled and unskilled work?

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