“My mother was once a factory worker, and the hours were brutal—minimal pay, long hours, hard and repetitive manual labor, working basically like a robot.”
“A graduate analyst in investment banking will get a $100k salary and work 100 hours per week - they’re getting paid well below minimum wage to make PowerPoint slides in a high-stress environment.”
"Unattainable expectations of time per room, so I was running at every moment. Horrible pay. After the cleaning chemicals started triggering migraines and leaving my hands cracked, I quit.”
“I worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant, and it was so boring and monotonous and dirty. ”
"You couldn’t make plans afterward as you’d be dirty, and your shift never ended on time.”