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Ideal for: aspiring or failed fashion models
Job specifications: The good news is that you’re not handling decaying
bodies or animal entrails—but the benefits pretty much end there. You work
long hours, stooped over the sewing machine, often in a factory with no
ventilation or lighting.
Drawbacks: It’s repetitive, boring work, but you’re not exactly on cruise
control. You can’t afford to make a mistake; anything that doesn’t pass
quality control gets deducted from your salary. You can’t slow down either,
because you have a quota. So keep working that pedal, and worry about the
crick in your neck when you’re actually allowed to stand up and stretch.
That would be, oh, after nine hours The pay is abysmally low, the irony
being that once you sew the label on that shirt, it’ll cost enough to pay
for about two months of your work.
Perks: You’ve got your foot into the fashion
industry…sort of. You know the latest styles, and since they make the
clothes several months in advance, you’ve also got the insider’s scoop on
the designer’s Spring Collection. Too bad you’d never be able to afford any
of the things you make.
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