Originally Posted by Matt 26z

Ultimately people just need to accept that the lowest levels of employment shouldn't be looked upon as a career. Those positions are ideally there for young students and part time workers who want some extra spending money.

Problems arise when people try to make a career of low value work. If they enjoy that kind of work they should start their own company that specializes in that work for businesses that want to outsource it and open up the possibility of making six figures a year (cleaning, inventory, etc). Unfortunately, many long term minimum wage employees are low IQ (possibly to the point of high functioning retardation) and unable to see a path out of these jobs. These are the people you see on TV protesting McDonald's for a "living wage."