Ever seen someone doing their “unskilled job” all their life? It’s just fucking magic!
The truth is that capitalists hate skilled workers, because those workers have bargaining power. This is why they love the sort of automation which completely removes workers or thought from the equation, even if the ultimate solution is multiple times more expensive or less competent than before.
Nothing is more infuriating to a boss, than a worker that can talk back with experience.
So the job doesn’t require any skill but still needs training?
And all retail workers are equally good, there is no skill difference that makes some better at the job than others?
Yes, a few hours training. Easily replaced because it requires little skill. 10 year olds do this in mom and pop shops all the time. If your point is even a 10 year old has skills, then bravo, I can’t muster the energy to argue over pendantic linguistics.
And no, not all workers are equally good, and that’s why some companies hire these folks at higher rates and typically get reclassified as an industry subject matter expert or move on to more senior roles, again, which didn’t get classified as unskilled. Or they get fired for being slower than their peers