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134340@sopuli.xyz 4 months agoBecause after twenty years of it your body will be wrecked.
I work in IT and have multiple coworkers who actually work physically harder than I do (in their roles vs. mine) in their 60s. One is 65.
Got lots of 65 year old factory or construction workers, do ya? And I’m talking about laborers, not supervisors etc.
Got lots of 65 year old factory or construction workers, do ya? And I’m talking about laborers, not supervisors etc.
Yes.
The oldest guy on our seniority list has had one job his entire life, he’s 72. He refuses to retire. The entire first page of seniority is guys in their 60’s. To be clear, if they’re on the seniority list, they’re not supervisors, they’re machine operators, welders, paint line guys, and tradesmen.
I, at 40, am one of the younger people in the building.
We recently started sucking up as many students as we could for the trades jobs because of how dangerously close to retirement most of the workforce is.
These jobs are not nearly as bad as people think. It’s not construction, which absolutely can and does destroy bodies. Factory work is engineered around being ergonomic and safe. If for no other reason than there simply isn’t the workforce available to replace people that leave young. But there’s actually lots of reasons. It’s legally required, it’s watched closelt by more than one federal agency (at least it WAS…). The factory literally can’t make money if these guys are getting injured all the time, and it’s way easier to make something safe to do than deal with constant injuries.
In the factory i used to work at it was riddled with older people who just wouldn’t quit and couldn’t get fired. Was like working in a nursing home.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Why?
134340@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
SippyCup@feddit.nl 4 months ago
You’d be surprised. Most industrial jobs are not all that physical anymore. I felt the same as you did at your age and I spent 20 years grinding jobs I absolutely hated because I too had no ambition coming out of high school. I ended up bouncing around call centers while trying to find something I enjoyed at college enough to be successful at, all the while being passed over by people who actually enjoyed what they were doing.
I’m a tool maker now, I do a little troubleshooting, a little machining, and my job is immensely satisfying. It’s not for everyone but that’s every job.
Honestly even if you’re opposed to industry, I wouldn’t bother with an expensive education until you have some idea of what you want to do. Find some place that’ll give you an entry level job and provide tuition reimbursement, get your core studies out of the way while you figure stuff out.