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Even if someone knows they would be happier in another job, that isn't always a choice you can actually take. There is pretty limited choices for work where I live, but I can't really move as my house is here and my partners job is here. Quite a bit of retail/care work, beyond that choices are limited.
Yep. Tons of places are hiring and getting any job isn't really that hard (in my area at least), but if you're wanting a job that pays decent or at least more than $15/hr then you're gonna be searching pretty damn hard. I got a new job a couple months ago that shot me up from getting paid $27k to getting paid $50k. However the hours suck with my shift starting at 5 AM and going for around 10 or 11 hours. When I look for other jobs in my area that offer similar pay, all I get are sales or something like building fences which I imagine would make me more miserable.
UK has a reasonable minimum wage (one of the best on the planet), a job isn't too hard but often it could be part time or irregular hours. Or just kinda shit work.