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You just need to pull yourself up by the bootstraps. (feddit.ch)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 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.

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