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Blue collar jobs make good money depending on where you are. If you are in a union blue collar gig in a big city they can easily make 100K+ but yes they do work harder for sure. But they are eligible for overtime while salaried do not.
Eh idk. I know some blue collar worries in NYC who clear 150k+ due to being in a union. Or some civil servant job as well (FDNY, NYPD, DSNY, etc)
I don’t feel guilty at all. When I am working from home I can barely do anything other than work. I worked hard for my position and pay and I will never feel guilty for it. And those who work in blue collar make a ton of money as long as they also work hard and move up. My whole family and significant other are in trades and they work hard, just it is hard on their bodies also which is the only downside to a blue collar job in my eyes.
Having worked in school blue collar jobs (cashier, delivery driver, UPS, etc. Yes absolutely. Having a lot of trouble with it.
It drives me nuts because I can take naps now and relax during the day, go out for lunch. That wasn't a thing.
No. I don’t get paid for the work I do. I get paid for how long it took to specialize. There’s no specialty in a lot of blue collar work. Not all, but most
Maybe not unskilled but for most of them a training is sufficient to start - no need for a degree or similar
I’m a first gen grad that against the odds landed my current job and now make more than double my parents combined. Instead of feeling guilty with my newly attained privilege I’m using that time to build my wealth and retire my parents from their manual labor jobs.
If you have a purpose and aren’t coasting through life I don’t think you’d feel nearly as guilty.
Agree with this
It’s physical work vs mental work, both are hard, but in different ways
Completely agree here. Both jobs can make you sweat.. one physically, one mentally. No regrets for the difference in pay though. Working at a restaurant in high school might about 3 days to really learn the ropes. Consulting (or any job in the industry) takes far longer to adjust to the growing pains and get up to speed.
nope my path aint special
Had a bit of an existential crisis about this in my first year tbh lol I took the blue pill tho and enjoy my nice steak dinners now 😅
Lol OP doesn’t realize a lot of blue collar workers would sh*t on his life in terms of how much money they take home. All the parents of my rich HS friends all owned construction companies and started off their careers blue collar. Whereas OP if you stay in consulting, you gonna barely touch $600k if you’re lucky. Plus you have no tax write off benefits. WAKE UP 😂
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I wouldn’t undersell the annoyances, stress, and effort required for mentally intensive white collar jobs. There’s also a lot of skills we take for granted which allow us to command these wages
That said… the physical toll of blue collar work is truly something else, and the mobility can be pretty poor too
Somebody used this argument to guilt me by comparing me to other mutual friends who have blue collar jobs who make less for harder work. What they fail to consider is that I worked and stressed my ass of since I was 16 (now 25) to get where I’m at. Sure I’m still a kid, but that’s almost 10 years of being dedicated to the goal. Meanwhile we both saw the mutual friends fuck off and half ass until now. So now that I’m chilling and they are working hard I should feel bad?
Just have empathy and recognize where your privilege comes from
I would say no, I feel that it comes down to what did you put in and what are you getting out. I have some blue collar friends who didn’t need to take out loans so they could make money right away, and at the time it was very good money. But what they are risking is their physical health in the long term. I feel what I risk isn’t my body but my finances. I feel the work I do does require a degree to even be considered for the role, so I risk long term financial debt by going to school and getting a 4 year degree.
No
Definitely think about this often, sometimes I feel bad, most of the time it’s more of “I can’t imagine myself having to do this”
Nope. I’ve got student loans to pay.
I think it can depend a lot on your background. I come from a blue collar family and community, and definitely struggled to come to terms with the guilt that I would be making far more than the rest of my family (public school teacher, construction crew workers, etc.) at a far younger age. A couple ways that I was able to come to terms were: A) volunteering with non-profit organizations to teach job skills (resume, cover letter, interview, etc) to more traditionally underserved communities, B) working for companies and agencies that are mission-oriented, C) constantly striving to connect members of my hometown community to my current communities (NYC & DC). I still feel a bit of guilt from time to time, but remind myself that the best way to leverage the opportunity I have know is to do my best to expand it for others.
No because relatively speaking there’s plenty of people who look at you and your job the same way
Constantly. It’s definitely a mixed bag with my peers. Some, especially those outearning much older family members, feel the same, and some don’t understand why i would feel guilty at all
Yes I feel guilty bc my family struggled to make ends meet and are workhorses. I am one of the lucky few from a low income background who went to an elite university. This meant access to Big 4 consulting. I had to work my butt off to get here but a lot of others do but don’t end up where I am. I got lucky and it makes me feel guilty.
Yes. I think about all the people who work 2-3 jobs and live paycheck to paycheck and I do feel guilty. I came from nothing so I am still very cognizant of people who live this way, including my own family(who often complain about money problems which also makes me feel guilty). This is a much bigger issue (wealth inequality) than one person should take on though. Just do things that make you feel good. Instead of spending time on tik tok go to Ecoplay and help plant some trees. Spend time doing good for others because it really makes a difference in how you will feel about yourself.