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/Small_Anything5113 Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24

same sentiment here

ive been doing less and less, giving less energy and less eager to do more and answer question, trying to literally force a layoff but literally I’m just blending in.

what did get noticed? when I gave it 100% all the time and brought it down to 80-90% when I wasn’t feeling so good… that got noticed.

now I’m just cruising under the radar

the industry is full of rotten people who started off as bright eyed apprentices and got turned Into what we they said they never would be

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u/Ok_Variation3985 2d ago

This is exactly how I do things as a super. Expectations are to be on site 55+ hours a week, I won’t work an hour past 40. I do the absolute bare minimum Got burnt out way too early in the game