@ 64 and 30 years on the spanners behind me I can categorically confirm it's far easier breaking 'em than it is fixing' 'em. As you pointed out work is work and was never designed to be easy.
I’m in the middle of doing my HGV class 1 I’m an HGV technician looking to get out of the trade , HGV technicians pay is very good in my area up to £30+hr ! But for a very good reason there is a shortage of engineers so workload is unreasonable