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learntocode 15 points ago +16 / -1

Guys that build block walls, driver commercial vehicles, trim trees, pave roads, repair electric and plumbing, they have work, no? Go waste some time there. Same benefits package and you will learn skills that can carry you somewhere other than pointless office work.

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ManateeRanMild 15 points ago +15 / -0

I am a woman and weak as hell. I am a biochemist, so it's not office work. Given the chance, I would rather be a housewife. Trying to sock away some money so I can quit this BS. I was way happier as a stay at home mom.

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Farmerbob1 5 points ago +6 / -1

Have you considered moving? I would think biochemistry might be a useful skill in states with large farming communities, like Nebraska, Iowa, Montana, etc.

No clue what your specialty is though, or of it has overlap with pest control or crop yields.

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Pede3 1 point ago +1 / -0

I would say that outsourcing and importing tons of H1Bs (supply>>demand) drove wages down more than anything. People come from China newly married and go to grad school here, get their buddies to hire them at big pharma and bring the rest of their family to the US. Pharma is happy because they don't have to make any long term commitments/no severance or benefits and can obviously pay much less than a FTE. The FTE positions can go to PhDs in management. I was also fooled into thinking this would be a stable life, and have been spending the first half of my 40s working in an unrelated temp job without any future as well.

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ManateeRanMild 2 points ago +2 / -0

Exactly why I am encouraging my boys to go the trade route vs. college. A degree even in a legitimate major like the sciences is not a path to a stable life with decent pay or benefits.

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Ktt8404 -2 points ago +4 / -6

Don’t use the “I am a woman and weak” excuse. Barring a medical condition there is no reason you can’t learn a trade like Commercial driving, or electrician. I drive trucks for Amazon until I get some more OTR experience and am more employable but I see several smaller women driving the big scary trucks.

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operatorstorm712 2 points ago +2 / -0

She said she would prefer being a stay at home mom...trucking isn't exactly a home centric profession.

Although, Manatee, have you considered learning a skill that is more conducive to your abilities and tastes that might garner you a little pocket money? (Odd jobs have been a bit of a sideline for me all my life -- always good to be able to do them during lean times or when you want a little pocket jingle)

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Fabius 4 points ago +4 / -0

This is the new way.

If you're white man and expecting to have some office career, you're fucked. It's all about "diversity" and women now. They pay them less, they treat them like shit, and unlike white men, they put up with it.

Learn a trade. Make money. Buy a house. Have a family.

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Romanfun61 3 points ago +3 / -0

And all the companies that do that type of work eventually get to the size of needing cubicle hamsters AKA pointless office workers. So unless you're a sole proprietor which by definition means you're not creating jobs office work is not pointless. Coming at you from the point of an RGN Heavy Haul truck driver.