Is he claiming his employer doesn't pay him? Weird! My employer, my wife's employer, and my son's employer all still pay us for our work. OTOH, two of our daughters were furloughed and had to go on UEI. I guess vercetti2021's meaning is that his employer should have given him bonuses in his paychecks for existing or something.
IIRC, vercetti2021 is a route driver delivering sodas (and snacks?) to convenience stores. Maybe he has regrets not getting the kind of education that would open up a career path for him, whether in distribution and marketing of products to stores or something else. The US economy, over the past 5 decades or so, has evolved into one in which people who have a college education with a career path, people who learn a valuable skill, or are generally willing to work their @$$es of pursuing opportunities generally do well. People who think they can do a low or moderate skill job lazily for life or think an esoteric college degree with no career path, not so much (DU is replete with examples of both, IIRC).
I read a really interesting article a few years ago about a couple who both worked minimum wage jobs and had a kid. The hitch to the story was neither of them wanted to change from what they had. Their contention was they'd seen some of their friends and family who had jobs that paid medium to high wages and they didn't want to do what those people had to do for their wages.
Basically the crux of the story was they didn't want the responsibilities that came with the higher paying jobs, nor did they want the stress or longer hours that came with those types of jobs. The woman in the story cut to the chase and said basically "when I get off work, I'm off work and don't worry about the job until my next shift when I'm paid to worry about it." She went on to say she and her husband only worked 5, 8 hour shifts and that was plenty. They got to spend a LOT of quality time with their kid and each other and they didn't have someone calling/texting/emailing them all the time. They were happy with their situation and understood they wouldn't be able to afford some of the nicer things in life, but they had their bills set up for what they made.
Too many of our takers here in the US feel like they should move up the ladder, but they don't want to do what those who have moved up the ladder must do to get there. I myself get to the office around 5:15am and leave around 5:00. If I have crews working 7/10's then I work 7/10's, albeit not on the job, but I have to be available for all sorts of phone calls, texts, and emails. Ultimately I'm responsible if something doesn't go right, or God forbid, someone gets hurt.
It was an excellent article and I wish I could find it, but my google fu is weak.
KC
