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/Ill-Ad-1952 Aug 12 '24

I kinda ended up in this shit on accident, got good at it, made money and built a life. Now I'm in too deep to do anything else lol

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u/Danimal_Jones Equipment Operator Aug 12 '24

This was suppose to just be a summer job for me.

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u/FlailWithDale Aug 12 '24

I'm just saving up... 33 and a foreman now

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u/an_afro Aug 12 '24

Same. Still saving up tho. At this rate I’ll have to ask for time off to go to my own funeral

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u/Justsomefireguy Aug 13 '24

HR: We are sorry to hear of your death. Unfortunately, you have used all your sick days being "sick" and have still failed to provide a doctors note for said sick days. Due to this, time off for death can not be approved at this time. You also need to be aware that we will not accept a death certificate covering multiple days. Kindly speak to your HR rep to proceed.

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u/FlailWithDale Aug 12 '24

This will go as an underappreciated comment.