The brutal hunt for low-paid work: ‘It’s like The Hunger Games – but for a job folding clothes’
- Posted on February 18, 2026
- By The Guardian
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The brutal hunt for low-paid work: ‘It’s like The Hunger Games – but for a job folding clothes’
It used to be fairly easy to get work that paid at or around the minimum wage. But with a shrinking number of positions come ever more hoops to jump through, from personality tests, to trial shifts, to towers constructed of marshmallows
