Why is it that the Easier the Job, the More You Get Paid for It?

For those of you who do not know, I work as a crew member at McDonald's. It's an awful job. I work for 9 to 10 hours without stopping. I am constantly moving, and I rarely get even a minute to catch my breath. For all this hard work, I get about $7.40 an hour. It doesn't even sound worth it, does it? On the flip side of that however, one of my managers confessed to making $15 an hour, over double what I make. Her job is to plan out what the other employees are going to do, and for how long. Wait a second, she makes over twice as much as me, for writing down names and times, then telling people what to do?

This happens in factory jobs too. A supervisor will always make more than the people working their fingers to the bone. Even in an office job, the person making sales every day will make far less, than the manager who oversees the sales.

So, why is it that the easier job you have the more money you get? Well, whether or not it is justifiable, the simple answer is that your managers, supervisors, foremen, bosses, etc. have more responsibility and accountability. If something goes wrong, they are the ones that are blamed, whether or not it is really their fault. They may chew your head off for it later, but they are taking the punishment, because they are being paid to ensure that you will not make any mistakes.

In some jobs, they are also paid more for their expertise. For example, on a construction site, everyone has certain responsibilities the foreman went to college for construction management. The construction workers need no degree nor required level of education. Every one of them has gone through certain training, yes. But, they haven't been educated to the level that their supervisor has been.

It is easy to see why putting the effort forth in your younger years is beneficial to your entire life. The harder you work now, the stronger the "foundation for your life" will be made. Right now, I am in college to try to bring myself to a better place in life. I do not like my job, but I will work there as long as I have to, so that I can some day move on to a better job, one that I enjoy doing and one that will pay me enough so that I will be able to support myself through life. So, many people get bogged down by the difficulty of moving on. Maybe, they feel "safe" where they are, so much so that they refuse to "roll the dice" and try to better their situation, but in the end, whether or not they realize it, they will only end up hurting themselves.