I got out of construction and into industrial work because every site was 6 days a week and most of them were 10 hour days. Construction work is a waste of a life in Canada.
Not to mention the toll it takes on your body. I know so many former construction workers who now have life-long, “wear and tear” injuries in their 40s and 50s, which makes it hard for them to find work without moving to an entirely different industry.
After 6 years my knees were fucked, by 25 I couldn’t kneel down for more than 5 min without feeling it for days afterwards. I’ve been out of construction now for over 10 years now they aren’t any better but at least they haven’t got worse.
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A thought experiment for the industry:
If you paid workers $150,000, would you still have a shortage?
If the answer is no, then there really is no “shortage”, is there?
I got out of construction and into industrial work because every site was 6 days a week and most of them were 10 hour days. Construction work is a waste of a life in Canada.
Not to mention the toll it takes on your body. I know so many former construction workers who now have life-long, “wear and tear” injuries in their 40s and 50s, which makes it hard for them to find work without moving to an entirely different industry.
After 6 years my knees were fucked, by 25 I couldn’t kneel down for more than 5 min without feeling it for days afterwards. I’ve been out of construction now for over 10 years now they aren’t any better but at least they haven’t got worse.