This is a Rage Blog Post - Edition 02 but turned something interesting
Yes this is probably an on-going series of Rage Blog post because I can. Today's topic number one is about when someone on the Internet/social media said along the line of "The reason why Warehouse workers get paid low although they work 80 hours per week and the white-collar office worker is paid higher for 40 hours work week is that the Warehouse workers are replaceable unlike the office worker who had to build 3-5 years of skill-building. And of course, this is said by a person whose said they had "founder/ceo of" something, well allegedly because ... the Internet.
I mean there is a pattern of how people are trying to connect on Linkedin with me and they have the longest individual job description I have ever seen in their profile. Of course I declined.
But back to the topic, as someone who worked in Procurement field, that is probably the most ignorant statement I've ever heard. People deserve better work environment, work condition and better pay no matter what.
Also, if say there is no one working at the Warehouse, many business won't even run properly! Like why we are even often told as if blue-collar job is "less than" when we are working in a "cycle-system". I don't know how to describe it really. I hope you get the point.
Also, I can imagine working in logistics and Warehouse is really stressful because it is expected to work under pressure and it's just hard.
Also, every items being handled at the warehouse can have different way of storing it! Imagine you had to store raw meat properly otherwise it will be a disaster! It requires skill and focus still!
Also another different topic is that there is a quote from CrashCourse saying "Knowledge weighed nothing, so carry as much as you want" and it feels touching. It can be interpreted as many things but I see it as like an opening that you can always learn new thing and you don't have to get validation that you learn something new because you finished a paid course, get a degree, get a career etc.
I feel like we as society love to seek hard evidence and proof that you are really technically very good in something in a form of certificates or degree, but it shouldn't be only for validation sake.
Yes, I want a certified doctor in their practice of course but they still have to implement what they have learned in their practice when handling patients, over and over.
So when I moved to an entirely new field in Procurement, people of course asked "What did you study in University/school?" or "What was your work experience?"
Honestly I am not ashamed to say I studied Engineering at University and got my degree in Engineering, then I had 3 years of experience in Games as a Lead Artist even to the Art Director. In a way, very rare career path. So people are understandably concerned like "Oh are you sure you want to restart your career ladder?"
Back then I would be confused but now I can confidently say "I don't define myself in a career title. It gives a knowledge and experience working in a field at that time, the moment people need my skill in that timing". I am honestly not ashamed that I just have to learn on the go while I'm working in Procurement field because I'm used to it, to learn something new and a struggle means an opportunity to always learning and something to be studied instead of "something wrong".
I'd like to think that, I am to the point where I can learn cross-field even based on my previous experience in another field. I mean heck I do learn Veteraniary anatomy on Youtube so that I can understand how muscles are layered! Also Paleonthology and Geology back then! History!
The best thing as an artist is really, I can always allow myself to study more so that it adds to my artistic subject!
I hope you like "Rage Blog post turned into something interesting" version! It is a very hodgepodge blog post but I hope you at least find it interesting! I'll see you on the next one!