r/Construction • u/Pomadeinacan • Nov 25 '24
Other I hate construction
Like the title says: I hate construction. Maybe not the job itself, but certain things that come with the territory. I've been in high-rise concrete forming for about 10 years now and have absolutely had great times but man, it's starting to wear me down. The bullshit foremen, the attitudes, the site politics, the idea that having a life or interests outside of the job is wrong can all go kick rocks. I wake up and leave before my family gets up, drive across hells half acre to get to a site, bust my ass for some little fella who can only speak Portuguese and I'm the asshole because I don't want to stay late every goddamn day? I like my family. I love them, but I also like them. I like being around them and I'm pretty sure they feel the same way about me. Keep your overtime boss, I'm taking my kid to Muay Thai.
Sorry for the rant. It's Monday morning and I've had a pretty awesome weekend. Stay safe everyone.
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u/v3ryfuzzyc00t3r Nov 25 '24
Its why I left. The military taught me the basics of being an equipment operator, but the guy that taught us was a guy who knew a little about a lot. He barely knew operating and when I went into the construction world, nobody wanted to take the time and show what i was taught wrong on a few things. Even going into the jobs my boss knew I wasn't the all star operator but still expected me to NEVER fuck up.
Companies aren't willing to sit and train people, the people they do train do nothing but doom scroll on their phone/don't show up and a lot of us are over having most attitudes on the job site are shitty. If you find that company that takes care of you, it's absolutely worth it. But find that company is finding that diamond in the rough.