I had several jobs in my life that didn’t pay very well. To me it kept me going and was an incentive to do what it took to make more money. Pursing other jobs while working that low paying one, getting more education, experience...whatever it took to get better pay. If all you can get hired for are low paying jobs you need to take a hard look at what you are offering as an employee. It is time to do something so you can qualify for better jobs. Often it is lack of experience; especially with young people. That is where the low paying jobs come in; you are showing you have work ethic, while gaining experience which is important when that better paying job opens up.
Too many people now don’t want to work their way up in a job or career; they want to start at or near the top. That is unrealistic at best, actually a fantasy. Turning down a job because it doesn’t pay well doesn’t show work ethic or gain experience. Sometimes the pay on a job is not what comes in the envelope on payday.
Agreed. Also, early job experience used to come as a 15yo bagging groceries or whatever. Put 20-somethings into a first job and they are way behind the curve, but increasingly that is the norm.