Comment by bevr1337
2 months ago
> or move on to a different career otherwise.
Folks rarely have this choice. What industry wants a barista outside food service? This is why we get stuck wearing a green apron for a decade, or working call center jobs, or any other crappy job.
People aren’t locked into being baristas. People immigrate from all over the world to the US, and become whatever they have to. Dry cleaners, landscapers, cooks, maids, nurses, etc.
Do those folks make more than minimum wage?
And becoming a nurse isn’t something you switch to after being underpaid as a barista. It’s a career with real training.
I do not see why a barista cannot do “real” training and switch to working as a nurse.