[danaris]

COVID is still a major danger in most of the US, and hospitality is one of the industries where I, at least, would be most concerned about it. You have to be there in person, the customers are going to be coming from everywhere, and a significant percentage of the customers are going to feel fully entitled to abuse you—and the management is highly likely to tell you they're allowed to, and you just have to do whatever they want. Including let them get in your face with no mask, spittle flying.

$80k/yr for that? Risking my health (or even death) from COVID, guaranteeing damage to my mental health from the abuse? Yeah, pass.

I know less about the manufacturing sector, but from what I do know, it's going to have similar problems: you have to be there in person, and because it's widely considered to be "lower-class" work, there's a higher likelihood than average of abusive behavior toward workers.