Man, we all appreciate this one. It's easy to fall into that money mindset, especially when triple time gets thrown around, but you really need to slow down and take time for yourself. The only reward the company is going to give you for destroying yourself and your life is a broken body and an empty house. That truck sure is nice, though, ain't it?
So...was that bit about triple-time just made up as a test or....do you just want me to take those personal days so you don't have to pay me triple? 'Cause if you were serious, I think I'll probably be just fine with gas station hot dogs and snickers bars for the rest of the week.
Got told your message when I started, didn't believe it and said "fuck it I love money", brother I damn sure do everything I can to live your message now.
Triple time= government taxes. You’ll change tax brackets and never see a fucking dime of it. But Brandon and the Rockefeller’s will laugh at ya all the way to the bank. Trust that.
My father told me this when I was just starting my construction career. His comment was- “When you die, nobody from your job is going to cry over your grave.” It took a couple of years but I left construction when my son was born and I was hundreds of miles from him and his mother. I decided that I wasn’t going to miss the rest of his life. I found a job in a local city public works department, that paid me 1/2 what I made in construction. And I was able to raise all my kids and tuck them in every night. I was the football, baseball, fastpitch coach for years. I did PTA and every school conference. I hugged them when they cried and cried when they graduated and got married. I will always be the wealthiest person I know. Not in money, but in love and family. I live with my son and his family on their farm. They built a shop/ barn with an apartment for grandpa. I have grandkids who swing on my front porch, dogs that come over to visit me, home cooked meals whenever I want them, and hugs as often as my grandkids walk over to visit. Take care of your family first and you won’t regret it.
They might, but the company darn sure won't. That said, we have gone to co-workers' funerals, but in the end, the company itself won't care, and the government won't care, so don't expect anything from them, and don't give them what they don't pay for.
Worked construction for over 30 years. I have nerve damage in my neck, numb and tingling hands, a bad back, and screwed up knees. The last day on the job before starting a new career at age 51, my boss of 21 years didn’t say thanks, or good luck, or even bye. He just acted like it was any other day. So yeah, what the boss man said.
When I left my previous line of work, the boss was worse than non caring, he was pissed. He nearly demanded I pay him back for all the training he had to spend on me (all 35 seconds of it, 13 years ago). The guys at the top just see you as a replaceable cog. Some of them go "well... guess I'm replacing that cog today" some of them go "fucking goddammit. Why the fuck did that cog strip out?" But at the end of the day, they don't give a shit about you, they give a shit about the work you do and how much money that'll make them. So of course, they're gonna encourage self-destruction, they get more money, and they don't need to deal with the consequences. It's up to you to have some backbone and tell them to pound sand when they try to get you to burn tomorrow.
Got that story same (busted) except my boss of 25 years was and is still great I'm going by the shop today. To return the mini scaffold. He retired 5 years ago I'll never find a better job
It's slightly different in my office. Here it's more like "Here's the double workload at the same salary an entry level employee would be insulted by in 1995." Followed up by "Why are we having such a staffing shortage?"
I am the most “screw the company, I earned that time off, I’m gonna use it how I please” person you will ever meet, but if you tell me we getting triple time, I don’t have no problem postponing the vacation for a couple weeks.😂
I work in trucking as a diesel mechanic. I turned wrench’s from 01 until 2020. I was smoking a pack a day, drinking 2 Monsters and 10 diet cokes, and putting down at the least a size of Miller lite every night. Then in 20 we were short staffed because of Covid layoffs, and I got invited to a meeting. In my mechanic way I basically told the truth without sugar coating the answers to each topic. By the end of the day I was promoted to parts manager. It probably saved my life. I’ve quit smoking 2 1/2 years, quit caffeine completely for 2 years and only drink every now and then.
I swear I’m looking in the mirror reading this though I haven’t left the floor yet. Hell, RJ is even my real initials.😂 Started in 03, a pack a day and I clean house on DP. Nearing 40 I’m starting to want that office job before I’m worn out.
I'm a 6th generation construction tradesman. First thing my dad said to be when I decided to go into trades was "take care of your feet, your hands and your back and you'll last longer than anyone else." However the best advice I ever received was at 19 from a drywaller who lost his best worker after the guy smashed his elbow real good and ended up needing surgery and not reporting it. "If you do anything that needs ice, more than one bandaid or a five minute break, document it, report it, whatever you have to do to get it on record you did it at work. Cover your own ass".
I'm going through this shit at work right now. Younger guy came in as a manager, pissed every older guy off and we went from 8 to 2 employees in 2 weeks.
I got the same job at the same company as my boomer father. We now do more than twice the work for less than a quarter of the buying power as he did. In my 30s my body was already in worse shape than my old man in his 50s. Worse still, they stopped hiring shortly after I joined, so instead of a few years being the low man on the totem pole before dumping the grunt work onto the new guy, I've been the new guy for over 20 years. Used to be 30 years on the job was considered the minimum before retirement. Now guys are lucky to hit that before something gives out.
20 years at the same place? You’d have no problem getting a job somewhere else making more money and/or better conditions. If you work in a shit hole that’s the best way to get a raise nowadays.
@@captaingoldbeered803 My company is pretty much a monopoly and what little competition there is treats employees even worse. Leaving means starting a whole new career from scratch.
@@tickticktickBOOOOM you may have to move to get a better job, but your company's monopoly is likely only where you are. There are probably other companies that do the same work looking to hire. Brush off your resume and see what's out there. Good luck man
Those where years, huh? I just barely enterado my 30s last year of March 31 and today thus year, I'm now 31 and pushing, but just like all our elders say, we still got a long way to go in order to experience what they experience. Lol
Ricky goes back and forth. He's addicted to the money (or at least not being locked up for child support evasion,) but burnt out. One week he'll put in 80 hours, the next 15.
2009 the bean counter stood in front of all f us and said 'We took a pretty hard hit on the retirement fund - but don't be concerned about the numbers not looking like they will cover your retirements. It will be fine because most of you die before you retire.' The average age of death was 53.4 years. I got out at 47 and have not had pneumonia since and I do not have to take a painkiller or muscle relaxer to go to sleep anymore.
"We the unwilling have been doing the improbable with so little for so long; we will now attempt the impossible with nothing at all!" Edit: God bless the hard workers! We get the job done!
I literally paused on 56 seconds and this man has spoken words of wisdom that every man needs to hear. You can be the best of the best die that day and by that night they have your shift replaced 😂 work for you self
FINALLY a real BOSS says the truth it to his employees! “If you died this week, I’d have someone to here to replace you next!” Also if I posted instead of watching twice I could’ve said FIRST! Because it said posted 15 seconds ago when I clicked it. 😂
I'm one of the most outspoken "f*ck unreasonable management" people in my friend group (to a degree its amazing I haven't been fired more than once (and not for that reason)). With that said though... If you offer me triple timefor doing my job, I'll be working every day of the week for a month
I have worked 18 hour shifts for 2 years with 5 hours of sleep each day. Once we were able to hire more people in order to train from within the company, I was so happy to be able to get some much needed sleep. I noticed when the company has it's back against the wall, you are nothing more than a warm body. I had 5 weeks of vacation time and no days to use them properly. Please, take care of yourself and your family.
Facts! I was the first millwright hired at a company since the 90s smh. It is a big company and used to have 100s of millwrights and over the years dwindled them down either from layoffs, surgery, retirement etc. I was the youngest dude in maintenance at 29 lol. There was a 20 or 30 year age gap. They worked the fuck outta me so much so I left. Would love to see some younger guys get in this field, money is good.
Businesses won't remember how busy you were, how hard you worked, or how many holidays you worked. If you dropped dead on a job, they'd replace you within a week. Take that time for yourself, friends, and family because you only live once.
I like time off as much as the next guy. But if you're talking trip time? My next day off will be the day that stops. Cause every day of trip time is 2 days closer to retirement.
So very true! I'm 49 n need back surgery, foot surgery, both knees replaced. On disability cause I can barely get around most days. 100+ hrs a week for years will catch up to ya! You got have a good mix of work n rest!
I know it's played mostly for laughs here. But seriously. Your workplace does not care about you. Do not, I repeat, *DO NOT* feel bad for taking personal time off
The fact that companies will pay a welder 15-25 an hour and bill them out at 100-150 an hour an wonder why everyone is salty whilst management are buying new boats, cars, and houses in cash...
I learned how much construction companies cared when I was 20. As soon as you've put in all the 7/16s for months, missed all the birthdays, get togethers, kids being born, funerals. Then you do what they say because your told "either make it happen, or we will get someone who can," Against your better judgment, they lied and you did as your told and injured. Couple weeks or months goes by, spent all that money you saved since your not working, company doctor says your fine so the company can release you to work. Now you've earned that lay off. Only to find out, "they layed you off after recovery so your lawsuit will be null and void". Even though your not fine. Company doctor is a shill and figuring out how to lie to your face without you having a way to tell him to get fucked. And doctors in your area won't touch you with a 12 foot stick because company money says their lawyers will end their medical practice if any one says "your not fine and shouldn't have been released". Lawyers won't touch you because they say, "company lawyers have too much money and you won't be able to afford the lawsuit". Then your left to figure out how to work with an injury for months without any one finding out because the bills don't stop. The company that said your hard work would pay off and keep you working has the audacity to say, "keep calling back, were not hiring right now". And the other companies say the same because they all talk amongst each other. So no work their either. If lucky, just by chance you managed to get some contacts on those pre injury jobs, a buddy might be able to get you on somewhere. Just for you to get right back in it to make that money you had before.
Take care of yourself when you're young. When you get old, all those times you overworked yourself will catch up to you. You'll have so many surgeries such as back and knee that you won't be able to turn down OT to pay for those surgeries!
I've never regretted taking any time off from work. I've even taken layoff's so that people that needed the money could get that extra week or whatever. I work to live, not live to work. ✌
One thing I learned from my dad is working 60 plus hours a week won't get you very far? My dad works tons of overtime to buy fancy new trucks side by sides boats but one thing I noticed is the brand new truck drives to work everyday then drives home everyday. The side by side sit in the back of the shed low miles/hours on it because he might have only used it once or twice since he bought it because he never has time to use it cause he always working and hes only had the boat on the water once when he was off for 4th of July weekend hasn't used it since cause hes always working. No point in working for money just to buy expensive toys but never use the toys cause your working to afford a little bit newer truck or a little bit nicer boat
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got, was from one of the best bosses I ever worked for. He said, "You have to look out for yourself, because nobody else is going to...and that included him".
Got hurt bad at my current job a while back , messed my back up something awful and the oldest ,coolest dude there ,who could do anything in the plant ,told me “ take care of yourself , they don’t give a shit about you , make sure you’re good and then come back “ he looked out for me and raised hell a couple of times on my behalf , I was sad as hell to see him retire .
Hallelujah, I worked like a dog for years for someone that didn't give a rats ass about any of us. That's why I went into business for myself so if I worked myself to death I did it for 'ME'
Yep… that’s why I and now at a desk wondering how long can I deal with the pain before I am forced to get surgery that I know probably won’t put things where they belong 100%… least I learned to take care of myself first and screw the deadlines… yep… wish I’d learned that sooner rather than later
Amen y’all. I am the “company man” now but I was a hand in the day. I just got lucky and survived two heart attacks and three divorces. Like the Boss Man said, take care of your SELF.
This is one of the reasons when those guys with the real back breaking work talk all that shit to me because I'm an electrician, I just nod and carry on because time is on my side. Its people like that that kept me away from construction because I didn't want to be an old dilapidated man in my 30s.
Facts 100%, unfortunately I’m so addicted to caffeine & nicotine & plus my family’s history that I probably got bout 10ish years left. That’s if I’m lucky & live as long as my moms dad did to 56yr. I’ve already made it 2.5 years longer than my mom who passed @ 44yrs. Gimme that triple time yo!!! Lol
@@judgment-rt6150 I appreciate the condolences & it is what it is as God has a plan for us all. As hard as it was loosing mom at a young age it’s a large part of what made me the man I am. Thanks again 🙏🤜🤛
@@MasterGhostf you’re correct sir & I’ve quit the chewing tobacco, now I just gotta quit the cigarettes, vape & drinking. Foundry work seems to lend towards bad lifestyle choices lmao
@@ECTT1776 general contractor apprentice here, 1.5 packs a day, between 4-6 cups of coffee worth of caffeine a day. Work 6 days a week and still chasing ass in my spare time. Ive worked with a few guys under 25 and we aren't built like the old cats are, genuinely amazed at some of shit and the skills y'all have on the jobsite. My boss gives a shit about me but can't afford to pay what these big companies can, should I chase the money while I'm young or continue to show loyalty?
Lol. As a guy with not many more years left in me to keep working, I’ve already had that conversation with the boss about my shoulder issue. When the OT dries up, I will start the comp case, but until then, you treat the OT like feast or famine. Get it while you can.
Or they are in their early 50's and on disability due to the places they've worked and toxicity they've been exposed to so DOL will be paying to take care of them the rest of their lives. And now they have Parkinson's, COPD, toxic polyneuropathy, and so much more. In my area, that's a large amount of people.
I went out at 57. 4 hear attacks and 4 back surgeries. Now I've got asbestosis. Had my first back surgery at 30. Worked on up to 54 then had a back surgery that did more harm than good. Had to have a 2 day surgery to fix that I. Heart attack at 50 on a Thursday went back to work Monday morning. Had 3 more since then. When I went back after the 2nd surgery they let me go because I couldn't do my job anymore. 15 yrs with the company that had meetings going we all 1 big family didn't mean shit. You have to watch out for you cause nobody else damn sure will.
If they staffed 3rd shift like 1st shift 3rd shifters would put out twice as much as first maybe even 3x the amount of we didn't have to clean up after 1st shifters all the time
Yep! Boss Man said it right! In other words, to companies, YOU are just a number. Doesn’t matter how HARD YOU WORK, HOW LONG YOU been there, or how GREAT OF AN EMPLOYEE you are, YOU are a number and YOU are getting THEM MORE MONEY! To which, YOU will NEVER SEE!
Damn straight! If I died tomorrow, my job would be posted before my obituary. And I'm collecting workers comp while I wait for surgery right now because I learned that fact too late. So take the days, take care of you, and understand that "no" is a perfectly acceptable answer, Friends. 👍
I know exactly what was said here. I worked myself to the point that I've had discs in my neck replaced and I'm waiting to have discs replaced in my back and I'm only 53. After 25 yrs of service my department was absorbed into another dept due to money shortages after the whole COVID bs. I worked my way up to salaried supervisor and just because the CEO didn't want his 9 million dollar salary interrupted he cut several positions. I guess he got scared that he wouldn't be able to afford those Rolex's for Christmas. Take your time off. I worked in the heavy industry all those years. I'm retired now and do what I want to do.
Ricky, for all the shit he gives Rosco, is throwing respect on the man. That's how you do it. The old hands teach you, but you gotta throw down to keep their tickers pumping. Mutual give and take is how the best stuff gets done. Don't be scared if you catch shit. Be scared when no one talks to you at all.
Man this is the truth! IDK just how bad working hard for the company would turn out to be on my body. 4 back surgeries, crushed arm/wrist surgery, shoulder surgery, and now at 60yrs old I can barely function on a daily basis anymore. Makes me sick to know I destroyed my life to make the suits rich and fat.
One of thee best secrets to life is coming home from work early on a week day hurt and telling the old lady to get in bed daddy is diving in spread em... The dirtier the better.... Always cured me the last 61 years.. I've never had a better meal... Less filling better than light beers and better 4 ya.... Momma has Got a them Essential vitamins & minerals too!!!!
"I hear you, boss man: "Take care of myself." The middle part, about the triple time? That's like taking care of me 3x faster, so I'll see you tomorrow."
I'm sorry, but if he's 60, he's about 25 years late for a mid-life crisis, that that should probably be when the average lifespan was 70. Now, of course with the advances we're making in medicine and if you can afford it, that number will go up. Hell, I'm pretty sure some of the stuff could make Warhammer 40K a reality at some point.
Only reason I haven't had a surgery yet is the doctors keep disagreeing on things while my back get's inflamed. I ever mention I was a power lifter in the electrical trades? Hahaha. I remember them telling us this job can take twenty years off your life so technically you are old before you should of been but at least we got stuff done hahaha. Ohhh rib pops a bit when I laugh sometimes.
Just to positively influence a possibility...I worked non-stop, traveled, stayed single, did not have a family, studied when I was not working, and gave that path 15 years. I now own the business, have my family, don't travel, I still study and work. But it's for myself now. Once I made myself valuable, the company and I grew together. Best of luck and blessings.
"Always understaffed and overworked" Ain't that the truth. It's especially irritating when a boss uses it as an excuse as to why you can't use your earned vacation days, or can't use them during a certain period of time.
Site welder from Europe, same here, worked 12-16 hours shifts till i was 35. Then moved to shop welding, now production tec at a desk. Creaping up on 50, knees, back, neck, its all creacking an cracking in The morning.
I won't work 24/7 shifts for triple time, but uh... I won't mind staying "a bit late" for triple time pay s'long as I still get weekends off. That said, having stepped foot on a few actual jobsites now with my new job, the emphasis on safety is Very Real. Equipment can always be replaced or repaired. Human lives and bodies can't be. Don't kill yourself or screw yourself up for the rest of your life for that paycheck.
Bossmans right. Im a 20-year army soldier. Would've kept going, but the 2 back fusions ended that. Was always putting the mission first, damn the cost. Now i get to enjoy retirement with a 20lb weight limit and limited walking.wish I'd listened more to the 30 year NCO's better.
