TikTok user Roxie Abernathy recently came to a devastating realization...
The janitor at her local gas station makes as much money as she does at her desk job as a case manager in the healthcare industry.
"I haven't been the same since," she says in a post that's now garnered more than 855,000 views. "All love to janitors I honestly might join you at this point."
After seeing her post inundated with comments, Abernathy followed up with a photo of the local Buc-ee's hiring advertisement.
It showed a base salary of $18 per hour for "restroom crew," as well as six-figure salaries for management, going up to $225,000 a year.
It also offered 401(k) benefits with a 100% match up to 6% and three weeks paid time off.
Not bad.
"Operating the car wash is more money than I make as a case manager, which is just very sad," Abernathy lamented.
Of course, if it's any consolation, she's not alone.
She's simply another victim of shifting trends.
You see, while no one's ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, our society is actually somewhat "over-educated."
That is, prior to the pandemic, 69% of U.S. high school graduates moved on to college. That's up from roughly 62% in the early 1990s and 55% in the mid-'80s, according to Labor Department data.
On the one hand, that hasn't been a problem because demand for college-educated workers has generally grown these past few decades.