Originally posted by shooz What's the salary? Comensorate to productivity
Hours? usually around 40 per
How about working conditions? hard
Are proper tools and clothing and training provided. Or is that out of pocket?I've never had an employer provide my tools
Air conditioning? It gets hot in Bama. Sweating is ok , remember before AC?
It said something about "back breaking", so hows the health care plan and workers comp?varries from state to state
If it's skilled trades, hows the union down there?roofers local OU812
That guy in the leather vest looks like he could use a little hard work too.
Someone has to be the forman
Why do so manyAmericans look down on blue collar work?
A good friend raised his kids working as a roofer.
I sweat in the Summer and shivver in the Winter to provide for my family and get dirty every day too. Very different than what my degree said I should be doing.
My brother in law has done very well in the industrial cleaning business.
My Dad finished his college ed on the GI Bill and fed us by working as a plumbers helper when they dug ditches and cesspools by hand. He retired as the comptroller of an Ivy League university. Until a few years ago he could still move more dirt with a shovel than most 20 year olds.
There is honor in hard work but none in being able and unwilling.