▲ 2123 ▼ You just need to pull yourself up by the bootstraps. (feddit.ch) submitted 3 years ago by LemmyLaLibre@feddit.ch to c/memes@lemmy.ml 152 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nitefox@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (8 children) 80 hours weeks for months good company /s..? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago I'm guessing they get paid super well and actually love what they do, a rare thing indeed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marx2k@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (5 children) Could have been a startup permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) Definitely something white-collar in any case. Nobody is working 80 hours a week for months on end as a roofer or brick-layer. Even fishermen only work 16 hour days for 2 week stretches which are physically punishing enough. The average human body just isn't up to months of 80 hours/week of manual labor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] microphone900@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Well that's precisely my point. You can do it, for awhile, when you're young, and maybe you even like it; but there is no world in which one can work 80 hour weeks in construction indefinitely without wrecking your body and playing serious hell with your home life. Ask me how I know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) It's not white collar. It's powerplants. I do work in management, but the deal when I moved up was that I still got to work in the field 50% of the time. I get burned out sitting in my office. And I definitely did not start in management, but at the very bottom And as far as the hours.. there's only so many people you can put on some jobs, so hiring others will just have them standing around Also, I'd say 90% of the people that work with me love their jobs. I've seen quite a few of them turn down better pay because we're pretty chill and honest about work and expectations. We keep good people around as long as possible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nitefox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago how does that make it okay? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yea, it's a good job. And it's nothing about hiring more people. Some jobs can only be done by a few people, so we just go around the clock until it's fixed and bring home big paychecks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago I'm guessing they get paid super well and actually love what they do, a rare thing indeed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (5 children) Could have been a startup permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) Definitely something white-collar in any case. Nobody is working 80 hours a week for months on end as a roofer or brick-layer. Even fishermen only work 16 hour days for 2 week stretches which are physically punishing enough. The average human body just isn't up to months of 80 hours/week of manual labor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] microphone900@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Well that's precisely my point. You can do it, for awhile, when you're young, and maybe you even like it; but there is no world in which one can work 80 hour weeks in construction indefinitely without wrecking your body and playing serious hell with your home life. Ask me how I know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) It's not white collar. It's powerplants. I do work in management, but the deal when I moved up was that I still got to work in the field 50% of the time. I get burned out sitting in my office. And I definitely did not start in management, but at the very bottom And as far as the hours.. there's only so many people you can put on some jobs, so hiring others will just have them standing around Also, I'd say 90% of the people that work with me love their jobs. I've seen quite a few of them turn down better pay because we're pretty chill and honest about work and expectations. We keep good people around as long as possible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nitefox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago how does that make it okay? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) Definitely something white-collar in any case. Nobody is working 80 hours a week for months on end as a roofer or brick-layer. Even fishermen only work 16 hour days for 2 week stretches which are physically punishing enough. The average human body just isn't up to months of 80 hours/week of manual labor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] microphone900@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Well that's precisely my point. You can do it, for awhile, when you're young, and maybe you even like it; but there is no world in which one can work 80 hour weeks in construction indefinitely without wrecking your body and playing serious hell with your home life. Ask me how I know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) It's not white collar. It's powerplants. I do work in management, but the deal when I moved up was that I still got to work in the field 50% of the time. I get burned out sitting in my office. And I definitely did not start in management, but at the very bottom And as far as the hours.. there's only so many people you can put on some jobs, so hiring others will just have them standing around Also, I'd say 90% of the people that work with me love their jobs. I've seen quite a few of them turn down better pay because we're pretty chill and honest about work and expectations. We keep good people around as long as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] microphone900@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Well that's precisely my point. You can do it, for awhile, when you're young, and maybe you even like it; but there is no world in which one can work 80 hour weeks in construction indefinitely without wrecking your body and playing serious hell with your home life. Ask me how I know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Well that's precisely my point. You can do it, for awhile, when you're young, and maybe you even like it; but there is no world in which one can work 80 hour weeks in construction indefinitely without wrecking your body and playing serious hell with your home life. Ask me how I know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) It's not white collar. It's powerplants. I do work in management, but the deal when I moved up was that I still got to work in the field 50% of the time. I get burned out sitting in my office. And I definitely did not start in management, but at the very bottom And as far as the hours.. there's only so many people you can put on some jobs, so hiring others will just have them standing around Also, I'd say 90% of the people that work with me love their jobs. I've seen quite a few of them turn down better pay because we're pretty chill and honest about work and expectations. We keep good people around as long as possible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nitefox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago how does that make it okay? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Captain_Nipples@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yea, it's a good job. And it's nothing about hiring more people. Some jobs can only be done by a few people, so we just go around the clock until it's fixed and bring home big paychecks permalink fedilink source parent