Here it is the same thing. I am unemployed and it depresses me to look at job listings; there are so many awful jobs out there. My last job was crappy too. There were no opportunities for advancement. Even an attempt at a lateral move to get away from my toxic boss was shot down by HR, although the people in that area would have loved me to transfer over to there.

Just one example. I recently was looking at job advertisements on a winery website that is near my house. I figured my language skills might be useful. One of the ads was for a night receptionist at their boutique hotel. They wanted someone that was trilingual (English, Spanish and Portuguese); you were supposed to have prior experience with the software they use. They wouldn’t even train people on that. The salary was so low that cost of a room for two nights pays the monthly salary for that person. And, there didn’t even seem to be a shift bonus for having to work at night.

Ha, hvert, I see I was using a tourism example, and you were talking about the same sort of thing. I just don't get how they can ask for proficiency in 3 languages and pay so little.

Honestly, I don’t know how someone in this country lives on minimum wage or a bit more than that when you consider the high cost of housing, food, transport, utilities, especially if they have children. Minimum wage is around US$400 gross a month (health insurance and pension contributions totaling about 20% are deducted from that figure). And, that is for 45-hour work week. Even my husband and I had to move out of the capital to be able to afford a house, and we are both professionals. No wonder people are so pissed off and protesting.