It's just pure snobbery to insist everyone must have a top notch job and a degree. So many kids who aren't cut out for it get pushed and bullied into going to university by their parents and teachers, only to end up tens of thousands in debt with a useless bit of paper at the end of it. It's child grooming.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2026
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I also want a low-skill job, but funnily enof, I am met with countless small businesses in my area, often not hiring. One large business downsized and then laid me off. My family wants me to get a hi-skilled job but I do not think those will last.
I'm 29, all I do at my job is stack totes and I'm fine with it. Pay is low but I deal with it by being efficient in my daily living in ways like splitting bills with my brother, being very close to work so I spend little on gas, eating healthy so I don't have to worry about expensive medical problems and so forth.
Whatever you do, just make sure it's something you actually want to do. I knew someone who went $30,000 in debt for a teaching degree only to discover he hated it and ended up working in retail anyway. Also, whatever you do don't go into a job that will ruin your health, even if it pays well all that money might just end up going towards paying for medical problems that the job caused.
honestly i strong recommend against getting a "low skill job"
they rarely pay well and there's usually a catch when they do
Think it depends on what they consider "low skill".
A lot of people consider ANY manual labor / customer-facing jobs as low-skill.
Electrician apprenticeships are extremely limited in my area, and the waitlists are >3 years to get in, but they pay pretty well once you become one.
I have a barista friend who works late nights / weekends, she gets pretty good money but she ROTS on days off because her sleep schedule is so messed up, she's also technically part-time so no benefits.
The trade off for any manual labour type jobs is that you have to accept the reality that your body will be decrepit by your mid-30s. So while being an electrician might pay well once you become certified, that's only for a relatively short while. Also, the idea that a lot of trades pay anywhere near well is largely a myth, the salaries are fairly low, unless you work for yourself. In that case though, the amount of work you'll do with admin, taxes, finding jobs, advertising, and actually working means that you'll do nothing but work.
While it's sad, the same also goes for front-of-house style jobs such as being a barista, waitress, or bartender. Once you start to age, your income will slip.
why do some people act like youre an inferior lifeform for wanting to work as a barista or at a grocery store. our lives would collapse without those workers there.
having been there, and lived it, it's because people are aware that 《customers》(not individually) are pieces of shit and look down on you for having an "inferior" station and treat you thusly. In places where you have the public consumer as a customer (rather than larger ticket but fewer clients) the likelihood of you running into an awful "bad apple" customer increases exponentially.
Then (honestly? this rest of this applies to literally any job anywhere) there's management bearing down on you... if you give 110% they'll treat it like 90% and ask for more so it's easy for a go-getter to burn out. And depending on your luck you've got workplace politics. Wish more places were more simply clock-in, do what you're expected, clock-out, make money.
get a blue collar trade or niche certification that is in high demand and keeps you active, plumber, locksmith, etc.