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I had such jobs for four years. Because of low-pay (low-pay due to low-skill), because of odd-schedules, there is no way to get out, without some external help. Basically, people keep these shitty jobs as they need to pay rent, and rent needs that job.

In 2001, I was making $8 per hr in Cali, worked there for 1.5 years, jumped to another sh!tty job that paid $12 per hr in 2003, stayed there for 3.5 years. Then a friend I met online offered a way out: a guarantee job with some training.

Yes, when you work in sh1tty jobs, even $2 per hr more means a lot.



Can you give us a couple examples on these external help?

Also is there any nonprofit working in this area to provide this kind of help?




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