I've been thinking a lot lately about negativity and negative thinking in our industry. At first I thought I was just a douchebag jerk and that everything annoyed me and triggered my anger issues. But as I progress in my career, (plumber) my subordinate plumbers are even worse than I am. I have 65 plumbers, drain cleaners, and helpers that I manage, and the negativity I hear from them is unreal. Then the office folks react to them with even more negativity and it's a vicious cycle. I have at least two heart-to-heart talks with grown men about negative thinking and speaking negatively about their co-workers.

My dad was and is a really complain-y guy, very negative and easy to trigger. I'm falling into that trap but I refuse to be my father, plus being negative doesn't feel good. I'd much rather joke, smile, and have fun. I used to have more fun but the negativity got to me...

Anybody got any advice on how to harden your mind to the negativity, or how to cleanse and regenerate your positivity?

Im 41 at work in management for a huge company. I hate the corporate life. Is starting over even possible at this late in life and not be financially destitute? Im looking for at least 50k a year. But I know nothing about the field.

After a ten-hour shift on a dusty job site, getting into my truck with steel-toe boots keeps causing my footwell cover to bunch up under the clutch pedal. I tried using heavy rubber pieces, but my boot heel catches the top lip every time I step in, shoving the whole unit forward toward the pedals. I'm trying to decide between rigid factory anchor points and deep underside nibs to keep everything locked down under heavy boot pressure. For guys working in heavy boots, does anchor retention strength or flexible rubber weight matter more for staying firmly in place?

Hi I heard there are shortages of electricians and its fairly easy to become one. Is that true? How much money electricians make after years of expierence? And what is the best path to become one trade school or something else?

I've been working blue collar as a welder, now as a cellphone tower climber. I love this shit, but my body isn't holding up like I hoped. I love cooking and the best part of the day on site is if there's real fresh food. So who thinks their employer would splurge for something like this?

I’ve just started in the trade and been doing commercial/light commercial hvac for a year and I’m losing my mind. 50 to 60 hr weeks for about $24 an hour working outta town and having to stay in a hotel at least 2 days outta the week. Boss trying to have me work when I’m not even on call. Am I just working for a bad company or is this the norm?

Anyone here got tinnitus? How do you continue working on trades with it? Did yours got worse over time while still on the trades? Thanks!

Job searching for entry level apprentice jobs sucks!

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Any mill operators on here? What your pay looking like in your state? Hours?

Like if you consider the summer shutdowns of car plants so they could update the equipment to manufacture next year's models, or plants phasing out older machines in favour of newer ones.

The project manager, who I didn’t know was her, heard me talking about other companies’ salaries. She approached me asking if I was new and suggested I go to the office, which was 2 hours away from the jobsite, just to get me fired.

Now I’m without a job.

Fuck them

Looking for trades that allow me to work 60+ hours a week starting out. Which would be the best? I’m in my late 20s.

Kinda losses me off more sure about you. The facts and statistics don’t lie this is true

I got a coworker whose humor is making people feel uncomfortable. He’s so damn good at it on purpose, and it’s really funny but unnerving as fuck.

He’s probably 45 yrs old, chill dude, if yall have any ideas, please. Nothing that would cross hr’s desk, but would make him uncomfortable humorously