It's not about "lesser" jobs being actually lesser. The point is that you don't actually have a choice. Big companies that nobody likes are in control of the economy and you can't do anything except join the unemployed until you get rehired from the pool of desperate people willing to do their bidding.
(All of this with a grain of salt. Not literally everyone is in this situation, but there are certainly many who are.)
I'm just saying, maybe don't be so quick to judge.
