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2022-09-26 at 8:53 AM UTC
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2022-09-26 at 9:07 AM UTCdeath
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2022-09-26 at 9:09 AM UTC
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2022-09-26 at 9:27 AM UTC
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2022-09-26 at 4:06 PM UTCAny time I pass a group of construction workers doing a street project it's always like eleven of them standing there smoking while they watch one guy actually working. Rarely do I ever see three or more working at the same time.
I guess I should've got into construction. How can they afford to pay fairly well if 90% of the job is standing around? -
2022-09-26 at 4:30 PM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ Any time I pass a group of construction workers doing a street project it's always like eleven of them standing there smoking while they watch one guy actually working. Rarely do I ever see three or more working at the same time.
I guess I should've got into construction. How can they afford to pay fairly well if 90% of the job is standing around?
Those are government workers. Contractors won't put up with that shit.
When I separated from the service I went to college. The first two summers I got work with ODOT (Ohio Dept of Transportation) as a temp on a summer work program of OSU.
Both summers I was assigned to same guardrail maintenance and repair crew for that county.
We were literally the hardest working most productive crew in that count for ODOT. The following is a rough time table outlining a typical day for this crew.
7:30: Be in the yard in our garage.
7:30-8:00: Wait for crew supervisor to meet with county superintendent to assign the crews task/s fir the day.
8:00-8:30: Load the trucks and equipment required for day's assigned task/s.
8:30-9:30 Leave the yard, travel ½ mile to the local diner and have breakfast with all the other crews.
9:30-10:00: Travel to location of assigned task and unload tools/equipment.
10:00-12:00: Work on assigned task.
12:00-1:00 Break for lunch.
1:00-2:00: Work on assigned task.
2:00-2:30: Stop work and load tools/equivalent.
2:30-3:00 Teavel to same diner as breakfast and stop for coffee as we could not return to the yard before 3:30 as per the rules.
3:30-4:00 drive ½ mile to the yard put vehicles in garage and unload.
4:00: Go home.
And we were literally tge hardest working ODOT crew in the entire county.
You're never gonna get work like that in the private sector.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-09-26 at 4:33 PM UTCyou uave to be a roughneck not to put up with thst shit. most vonstruction workerd are almost or some street guys who know how to tslk the shit or the tlska nd bluff you and intimidste you if you press em and arent w roughneck.
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2022-09-26 at 4:36 PM UTC
Originally posted by Wariat you uave to be a roughneck not to put up with thst shit. most vonstruction workerd are almost or some street guys who know how to tslk the shit or the tlska nd bluff you and intimidste you if you press em and arent w roughneck.
You never done a day of construction in your bubble yum life. STFU -
2022-09-26 at 4:41 PM UTCwrong i was a day laborer for a while in clsifornia doing odd jobs for kanpower and labor ready during college.
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2022-09-26 at 4:42 PM UTC
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2022-09-26 at 4:43 PM UTC
Originally posted by Speedy Parker Those are government workers. Contractors won't put up with that shit.
When I separated from the service I went to college. The first two summers I got work with ODOT (Ohio Dept of Transportation) as a temp on a summer work program of OSU.
Both summers I was assigned to same guardrail maintenance and repair crew for that county.
We were literally the hardest working most productive crew in that count for ODOT. The following is a rough time table outlining a typical day for this crew.
7:30: Be in the yard in our garage.
7:30-8:00: Wait for crew supervisor to meet with county superintendent to assign the crews task/s fir the day.
8:00-8:30: Load the trucks and equipment required for day's assigned task/s.
8:30-9:30 Leave the yard, travel ½ mile to the local diner and have breakfast with all the other crews.
9:30-10:00: Travel to location of assigned task and unload tools/equipment.
10:00-12:00: Work on assigned task.
12:00-1:00 Break for lunch.
1:00-2:00: Work on assigned task.
2:00-2:30: Stop work and load tools/equivalent.
2:30-3:00 Teavel to same diner as breakfast and stop for coffee as we could not return to the yard before 3:30 as per the rules.
3:30-4:00 drive ½ mile to the yard put vehicles in garage and unload.
4:00: Go home.
And we were literally tge hardest working ODOT crew in the entire county.
You're never gonna get work like that in the private sector.
Sounds dreamy lol.
So is there a limit to the number your crew can have? Is it like a situation where everyone just helps out their friends so to speak, in that you realize how good the job is and you can continue to hire more and more people since the government doesn't seem to give a shit?
Like if you had ten people on your crew and you all made 25/hr for example, what's to stop you from hiring ten more people for the same job? And what's to stop them from saying we only want 5 people from working a particular job instead of all 10, especially when the job only requires 5 people and the other 5 will mostly be doing nothing. -
2022-09-26 at 4:43 PM UTCi dont need permission son.
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2022-09-26 at 4:44 PM UTC
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2022-09-26 at 4:50 PM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ Any time I pass a group of construction workers doing a street project it's always like eleven of them standing there smoking while they watch one guy actually working. Rarely do I ever see three or more working at the same time.
I guess I should've got into construction. How can they afford to pay fairly well if 90% of the job is standing around?
As long as you're holding a tool, you're fine. Just pick up a shovel and stand there all day, bleed the government tit to your heart's content. It's standard operating procedure these days. -
2022-09-26 at 4:52 PM UTC
Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As long as you're holding a tool, you're fine. Just pick up a shovel and stand there all day, bleed the government tit to your heart's content. It's standard operating procedure these days.
So it's basically a way to get government assistance under the guise of being a hardworking physical laborer. -
2022-09-26 at 4:55 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-09-26 at 5:10 PM UTCI’m sending healing energy to the baby now. I’m not sure if it works but if it does can you send loving thoughts into the past? Would the person feel them?The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-09-26 at 5:43 PM UTCWhat baby?
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2022-09-26 at 5:45 PM UTC
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2022-09-26 at 5:48 PM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ Sounds dreamy lol.
So is there a limit to the number your crew can have? Is it like a situation where everyone just helps out their friends so to speak, in that you realize how good the job is and you can continue to hire more and more people since the government doesn't seem to give a shit?
Like if you had ten people on your crew and you all made 25/hr for example, what's to stop you from hiring ten more people for the same job? And what's to stop them from saying we only want 5 people from working a particular job instead of all 10, especially when the job only requires 5 people and the other 5 will mostly be doing nothing.
the people financing the project and overseeing the money's allocation have never, will never and do not ever want to spend 1 full 10 hour shift on a construction job, you can tell these dumb fuckers you need 8 men to lay a sidewalk and they'll say alright,how would they know they've never laid a double sided block of sidewalk? think about it
