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Worked entire career in an office and can appreciate turkey-head's sentiments. Man, his working conditions sound like hell, but I wish I had been blessed with his skilled blue collar talents. Totally clueless when it comes to doing any kind of repair work on garden tractors, sharpening a chain saw, minor plumbing, etc.
Ok folks... I'd just like to say that I LOVE working in an office. I know... it's weird.
But I was a mechanic for YEARS prior to this second career. I worked in greasy shops with drug addict co-workers and illiterate bosses. I've rebuilt diesel engines in sub-zero weather with the snow flying. Worked on combines and oil rigs when it's 110 degrees out and no shade for two miles in any direction. Hauled illegal loads in excess of 100,000 pounds, witnessed fraud and environmental violations that could send people to prison under the right circumstances, seen co-workers pass out in the heat while we worked on agricultural equipment in the mid-day sun with no shade.
All that's over for me now. These days I wander into the office about 7:00. Chat with co-workers about ridiculous things like fresh-ground coffee or where we'll go to lunch today. Answer a couple of emails, do some design work, bull**** about the latest Star Wars movie or whatever nonsense we're talking about today. Sitting there in a pleasant 73 degrees with our comfortable, clean offices-clothes (I wore greasy uniforms for 16 YEARS). Seriously... I don't even CARE if I never get another promotion. I'll happily ride this gravy-train 'til I'm old and irrelevant. I'd do this job for a THIRD of what they're paying me. I'll NEVER go back to working in a shop if I can help it... I'd sooner be on unemployment.
You office-workers out there... count your blessings. If you're making enough to pay the bills and working in a nice air-conditioned office... you're living the good life. That college edumucaton was the best thing I ever did for my career. My only regret is that i didn't finish it 10 years earlier.
I do count my blessings. I worked at home for years and then was on the road for years. At first I found this totally boring but the people on my team are good people and friendly and welcoming. I get home at a reasonable time (hours are extremely erratic on the road) and I go out to lunch with interesting conversations; happy hours, etc . . . things you miss when working at home in your jammies. Though that WAS wonderful when my kid was young.
Ok folks... I'd just like to say that I LOVE working in an office. I know... it's weird.
But I was a mechanic for YEARS prior to this second career. I worked in greasy shops with drug addict co-workers and illiterate bosses. I've rebuilt diesel engines in sub-zero weather with the snow flying. Worked on combines and oil rigs when it's 110 degrees out and no shade for two miles in any direction. Hauled illegal loads in excess of 100,000 pounds, witnessed fraud and environmental violations that could send people to prison under the right circumstances, seen co-workers pass out in the heat while we worked on agricultural equipment in the mid-day sun with no shade.
All that's over for me now. These days I wander into the office about 7:00. Chat with co-workers about ridiculous things like fresh-ground coffee or where we'll go to lunch today. Answer a couple of emails, do some design work, bull**** about the latest Star Wars movie or whatever nonsense we're talking about today. Sitting there in a pleasant 73 degrees with our comfortable, clean offices-clothes (I wore greasy uniforms for 16 YEARS). Seriously... I don't even CARE if I never get another promotion. I'll happily ride this gravy-train 'til I'm old and irrelevant. I'd do this job for a THIRD of what they're paying me. I'll NEVER go back to working in a shop if I can help it... I'd sooner be on unemployment.
You office-workers out there... count your blessings. If you're making enough to pay the bills and working in a nice air-conditioned office... you're living the good life. That college edumucaton was the best thing I ever did for my career. My only regret is that i didn't finish it 10 years earlier.
Turkey head, I can appreciate what you're saying. I wouldn't trade working in my climate controlled conditions for anything - and it sounds like you worked in some miserable conditions; however, having said that I am afraid you have grossly mischaracterized office "work." You described someone who is riding gravy train, and not producing much. For every employee who describes their workday in the terms you described, there are six other busting their butts.
BTW, are you saying there was no coffee drinking and shutting the breeze that went on in the shop? Surely you jest. No doubt, office work is different than physical labor; but they call it "work" for a reason.
Not everyone is cut out for office work, just like not everyone can be a CEO.
I do applaud his success, but like he said "Should have done it 10 years ago" which shows lack of motivation then...
Exactly. I have a cousin, who to be frank is not intelligent and never had much use for school, who really enjoys being a police officer. He's out and about and not sedentary.
Well yes, every time I'm out there mowing the lawn in 90F+ heat, I thank my lucky stars I am not a full-time landscaper. So yes, of course you'd prefer a desk job in light of facing the elements or really hard labor.
Not everyone is cut out for office work, just like not everyone can be a CEO.
I do applaud his success, but like he said "Should have done it 10 years ago" which shows lack of motivation then...
This is true.
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