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January 13th, 2009 Jessica Hagy Posted in communication, work |


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13 Responses to “Be more specific.”

  1. jerryadams Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    Spot on!

  2. Nick Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    I think you could replace “pay” with “knowledge required to complete job”, and the graph would still be fairly accurate.

  3. English Clergyman Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Oh, man, Nick, you’d be surprised sometimes. I’ve met some pretty ill-informed specialists, and I’ve required some surprisingly detailed knowledge to complete some tasks as a general labourer.

  4. iratecat Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    What exactly is a “general laborer”? All I can think of is construction guys.

  5. demon Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    i would agree that a general laborer would usually be a construction guy. and ive worked with a lot of construction workers that knew way more than any specialist ive ever seen.

  6. fonis Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 12:34 am

    i’d imagine a ‘general laborer’ to be a textile worker, a guy on a factory line, etc.

    construction workers often require much more overall knowledge of the process than the guy that checks the caps on pickle jars.

  7. Mike Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 3:13 am

    This economy is hammering the specialists.

  8. Fen Ken Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 3:21 am

    I think the two dots on the graph have been labelled the wrong way round. Most of the general labourers I know earn way more than the specialists I know!

  9. Thomas Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    There might also be a factor of “do you get paid for it.”

    There are plenty of strange hobbies that a handful of people have been able to parlay into a living.

  10. Hu He Says:
    January 15th, 2009 at 8:34 am

    It is true. People with more special knowledge get high salary than ordinary people.

  11. Dana Says:
    January 15th, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    General Labor — unloading boxcars, surveyors assistant, jobs you can get through Manpower, etc.

  12. Dana Says:
    January 15th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    A lovely pun on the literal vs. customary definition of “odd job”…

  13. khajoors Says:
    March 27th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    this could be in the case of physicians: General practitioners and Specialists

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