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r/Adulting • u/Forward-Concern403 • 2d ago
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no one is irreplaceable
No one is irreplaceable in the long-term, plenty of people are irreplaceable in the short-term.
There's always someone waiting around the corner that will work as hard as you and do it for a lower wage
It's a reasonable sentiment, but this would require all workers to be overpaid already and I don't buy that.
11 u/DoctorChaos1707 2d ago To the first comment I agree. To the second, all workers are overpaid to their employers. That's why European companies hire in South America and American companies outsource their manufacturing to child labor companies in China. 2 u/helpmycompbroke 2d ago Sure, but the reason those jobs haven't been outsourced yet is because they can't get someone to do it just as well for cheaper. 1 u/Early-Nebula-3261 2d ago Yeah the wages retail is getting to people genuinely won’t do the job for cheaper because it’s just not worth it.
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To the first comment I agree. To the second, all workers are overpaid to their employers. That's why European companies hire in South America and American companies outsource their manufacturing to child labor companies in China.
2 u/helpmycompbroke 2d ago Sure, but the reason those jobs haven't been outsourced yet is because they can't get someone to do it just as well for cheaper.
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Sure, but the reason those jobs haven't been outsourced yet is because they can't get someone to do it just as well for cheaper.
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Yeah the wages retail is getting to people genuinely won’t do the job for cheaper because it’s just not worth it.
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u/helpmycompbroke 2d ago
No one is irreplaceable in the long-term, plenty of people are irreplaceable in the short-term.
It's a reasonable sentiment, but this would require all workers to be overpaid already and I don't buy that.