menial job
A menial job is a job that requires low skills, is low paid, involves repeating the same tasks, and is perceived in society as being of low value.https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-february-11-2018-1.4528197/michael-s-essay-we-don-t-value-menial-work-and-we-should-1.4528219{{Cite web|url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/archive/nursing-seen-as-hard-nasty-and-menial-26-10-2010/|title=Nursing seen as hard, nasty and menial|first=Charlotte|last=Santry|date=October 26, 2010}} It can be used as a means of discrimination.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2022-06/pakistan-christian-religious-minorities-job-discrimination.html|title=Pakistan: Government puts end to menial job ads targeting religious minorities - Vatican News|date=June 1, 2022|website=www.vaticannews.va}}{{Cite web|url=https://evidence.org.in/human-rights-violations-against-dalits-in-the-form-of-menial-jobs/|title=Human rights violations against Dalits in the form of menial jobs|website=evidence.org.in}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/head-line-news-details/7036|title=Pakistan job quotas for Non-Muslim qualifies for sanitation work only|website=www.pakistanchristianpost.com}}
Menial jobs are essential for many economic sectors (hospitality industry, retail, agriculture, manufacturing sector). One of the advantages is that it can be found relatively easily and that it offers a secure income in periods of economic crisis and high unemployment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/swapping-the-stage-for-a-deli-to-pay-bills-israelis-compete-for-menial-jobs/|title=Swapping the stage for a deli: To pay bills, Israelis compete for menial jobs | The Times of Israel|website=The Times of Israel }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2024/10/602_252706.html|title=Over 250,000 college graduates work at menial labor|date=July 23, 2018|website=koreatimes}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/work/special-report-a-degree-in-architecture-but-all-i-can-get-are-menial-jobs-8159842.html|title=Special report: A degree in architecture … but all I can get are|date=September 21, 2012|website=The Standard}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/out-of-jobs-graduates-mbas-turn-to-unskilled-labour-under-mgnrega-for-survival-1725495-2020-09-25|title=Out of jobs, graduates, MBAs turn to unskilled labour under MGNREGA for survival|date=September 25, 2020|website=India Today}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/zimbabwean-women-are-taking-difficult-menial-jobs-once-held-only-men|title=Women take on menial jobs | D+C - Development + Cooperation|date=December 16, 2019|website=www.dandc.eu}}{{Cite web|url=https://thesun.my/malaysia-news/67-of-vacancies-are-for-menial-jobs-HF1799081|title=67% of vacancies are for menial jobs|first=Rajvinder|last=Singh|website=thesun.my}}
Examples of menial jobs: cashiers, employees in fast food restaurants, janitors, construction workers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/mar/30/low-wage-jobs-no-shame-service-industry|title=Retail, service and hospitality jobs: hard work but 'no shame'|first=Jana|last=Kasperkevic|work=The Guardian |date=March 30, 2014}}