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Retail jobs are horrible soul sucking jobs. I've had them before. I'm guessing that a lot of the trade jobs also suck. I'm sure part of the reason that they don't pay much (besides wanting a bigger bottom line) is that the help they get sucks and doesn't contribute much to the bottom line, at least, not initially, if they last. Then the people that are good workers (which are few and far between), probably leave to try to find greener pastures.

I haven't been in that environment for a looooong time, but I suspect things haven't changed much, especially now that millennials are in the job market.