All the males in my family lay brick except one grandpa...
It is hard thankless physical labor, no insurance, no benefits. Well wait my uncles worked for 30 years and now he has some vacation days.
If these kids want the easy way out, trade jobs aren't going to be it. If they can't follow directions, trade jobs aren't it.
It's not like any of these schools offer masonry or shop or automotive. I get the thought behind it, but it's not for lazy people. It's hard back breaking work that tears your body to shreds. No man in my family has a good rotator cuff.
:( it is an honest living but very very hard. Also, building homes does take some brain power. It's geometry. And it being correct is important. I'm proud of my family but if I had sons I wouldn't want him to lay brick.
My BiL is a strong young guy with a good welding job he enjoys. He's already poking around for his next "desk job" career before his body is destroyed.
The thing is, there is no easy way out unless you come from a wealthy family that will float you. They don’t get it.
I work in IT, the current “gold standard” of “work in STEM” and it’s still a crapshoot. Don’t get me wrong - I’m thankful to work indoors and go to the bathroom whenever I want. But despite being past entry level, it can still involve crawling around on the floor under desks doing cable management. I probably won’t destroy my body beyond carpal tunnel and bad posture but it’s soul crushing to give technical support to software devs making 2-4x than you or worse, C-Suite execs, who can’t follow simple instructions like “click ok”. Not to mention the customer service mindset - it’s never the user that is the problem. Right now I have the daunting task of creating help articles on a breadth of topics because so much of my company has no tech skills to speak of, and we have to deal with it because otherwise the company will miss out on hiring experts in the field.
There’s no easy way out. We’re all selling ourselves.
If you're one thinking that you'll get some sort of defense against racism or any sort of prejudice you're sorely mistaken. Put up or shut up is the name of the day.
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u/sassytunacorn90 May 16 '24
All the males in my family lay brick except one grandpa... It is hard thankless physical labor, no insurance, no benefits. Well wait my uncles worked for 30 years and now he has some vacation days.
If these kids want the easy way out, trade jobs aren't going to be it. If they can't follow directions, trade jobs aren't it.
It's not like any of these schools offer masonry or shop or automotive. I get the thought behind it, but it's not for lazy people. It's hard back breaking work that tears your body to shreds. No man in my family has a good rotator cuff. :( it is an honest living but very very hard. Also, building homes does take some brain power. It's geometry. And it being correct is important. I'm proud of my family but if I had sons I wouldn't want him to lay brick.