Maybe they think it’s more physically taxing than flipping burgers, but I don’t think that holds either. Standing all day in a crammed hotbox doing repetitive handwork is awful.
I spent a summer working at FedEx. Super fun job. But putting boxes on trucks is not a job that requires skill. Neither is putting stuff in those boxes.
Putting boxes in trucks take a bit of skill if you don’t want it falling on top of you. You have to build with natural Ts to keep the boxes stable or else those columns you just built can easily topple. Keep in mind that those boxes come down the conveyor in all shapes and sizes and the speed they come can be unrelenting.
Fuck this argument but packing boxes requires more skill than flipping burgers?
Maybe they think it’s more physically taxing than flipping burgers, but I don’t think that holds either. Standing all day in a crammed hotbox doing repetitive handwork is awful.
Both are harder than the other in different capacities
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I spent a summer working at FedEx. Super fun job. But putting boxes on trucks is not a job that requires skill. Neither is putting stuff in those boxes.
Putting boxes in trucks take a bit of skill if you don’t want it falling on top of you. You have to build with natural Ts to keep the boxes stable or else those columns you just built can easily topple. Keep in mind that those boxes come down the conveyor in all shapes and sizes and the speed they come can be unrelenting.
Source: I was a UPS loader when i was younger.
No it doesn’t, but “unskilled labour” is just a term used to underpay people anyways. My job in fast food was way more difficult than my office job.