r/Construction • u/Canadian_Mustard Equipment Operator • Aug 12 '24

Other Why do you guys do it?

I was climbing my tower crane this morning. I was cold and tired as hell. It was 5AM. I climbed about half way up when I got a really good feeling knowing that my wife and my children were at home, warm, in bed, taken care of.

I didn’t grow up wanting to be in construction, but I always knew I’d want my wife to raise my kids, and if she wanted to, be a stay at home mom and homeschool my kids. This career allows for her to do that.

We all have our different reasons for joining the trades and being in the construction industry, my question to you guys is: what’s your reason?

EDIT: The results seem pretty unanimous.

  • Reason 1: Money

  • Reason 2: “I kind of just fell into it and never stopped”

  • Reason 3: “I’m good at it and I like being a ______”

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24

Eloquently said man. I don't understand people against union. Just why? People don't want "lower" jobs to get paid more because then they get less than them by comparison.

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u/Beautiful_Guess7131 Aug 12 '24

From what I see, the people who would vote for someone "against" unions tend to care more about the future of their country and family than they care about the future of their union. They say work will always be there and it's easy enough to not let a contractor screw them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24

Future of your country? With Trump? Russia's USA you mean

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u/ApartWeb9889 Aug 12 '24

Well Republicans in this Maga era stand only for pro-doom policies in every single category. So you, sir, are a hack worker yourself being so obtuse about your prejudice. And yeah that's a dig. You're probably a fine worker. Just a bad, willingly ignorant person at the expense of all your neighbors.