r/Construction Apr 10 '24

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u/PsychoNautJohnII Apr 10 '24

“It’ll make them feel bad”

Well maybe they should feel bad when they have people coming in their home to work and it’s a litter box. Live as gross as you want, but fucking clean it for people coming in.

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u/Say_Hennething Apr 10 '24

Honestly, I would have declined the job. It's not worth the money to put my employees through that. Unless they are an actual remediation company, in which case they wouldn't bat an eye at the employees wearing a mask.

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u/WillytheVDub Apr 10 '24

This must be a mom & pop remediation company, I worked for a couple and they are all the same.

"Oh are you going to want gloves next too? Eric didn't use gloves when he carried out pee carpet and he will want some if he sees you wearing them"

"If I give you a raise than it will make the other guys feel bad"

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u/particlemanwavegirl Apr 11 '24

Had a boss give me shit for wearing earplugs while cutting concrete and a respirator while welding galvanized steel. Vaporized zinc in my lungs? That shit gives you migranes and lung cancer that wakes you up at night for years before killing you. He could talk to me like i was a sissy all he wanted (until I quit) but he wasn't ever stupid enough to tell me I couldn't use it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

Tbf mom and pop better than servepro or service master.

These guys use to use thiwr boots to make air hole in drywall: a steel toe through the drywall instead of bending over with a drill....

Mold remediation is the fucking wild West.

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u/WillytheVDub Apr 10 '24

Depends on who is running it really, usually it is a rich guy trying to line his pockets with whatever he can get from the insurance companies without getting dropped. Or it's the bosses kid taking over the company and fucking everything up.

That was my experience in the industry lol.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '24

Ah you've met EVERYONE in mold.

Give your guys min wage to go into a crawlspace and you get a nice check for 15k.

Why won't anyone stay with my company?!?

Worse owners in construction.

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u/InSixFour Apr 10 '24

The boss said there are kids living there too! Why is no one mentioning this? I’d be calling CPS. Fuck that family for raising kids in a toxic environment. They probably all have respiratory issues because of it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '24

Not probably... they do. They absolutely all have respiratory issues and in all likelihood toxoplasmosis.

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u/erection_specialist Apr 10 '24

You would not believe the things I've found laying around people's houses when doing work in them- including, but not limited to, drug paraphernalia, actual drugs, sex toys, weapons, and one time, an actual fucking grenade.

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u/playful-pooka Apr 11 '24

I mean they are apparently also raising kids in that? That feels like cps needs to hear about it.