He's right
Before safety practices became common, many people died.
Many.
It will be the same again. And has already had deadly consequences.
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Recruiters have gone from calling my (equal to national average for my experience and qualifications) salary expectation 'a bit overambitious' to asking why I'm only looking for this much and not 10 grand a year more like all the other applicants are - and I'm just a regular third line guy with a reasonably standard skill set.
Yep heard the same thing several years ago. Employers and staffing agencies said I was asking too much. Even my friends and family. I gave the same reasons.
Then my credentials starting better with each contract. So while the client/employer didn't want to give me a raise or keep me for very long, I was still getting a 20% raise each year. For the same reasons you gave.
Because skills AND experience matter. So if you're having trouble getting work and you have skills and experience, you need to rewrite your resume/CV. Things have changed in the last 2 years.
Oh, and I still haven't paid for any course work.
Wrong. Min wage was indeed created as the min income could live on and stayed that way until Reagan. (May he rest in hell.)
Retail jobs also used be able to support a single person. Some positions barely others quite nicely.
You either don't know history or have drank the extreme conservative kool aid. Or both.
Me, I was there.