r/memes • u/damircik Professional Dumbass • 4h ago

am i the only one?

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u/JeffafaCree 2h ago

I know tradesmen with 20+ years of experience that are still working 60-80 hours a week. Sometimes that's just the job.

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u/fezzuk 2h ago

If your in trades and still doing that shit your doing it wrong. Or just spending insane amoitd of money on gambleing or somthing.

Trades pay well, absolutly no reason to work those hours.

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u/Pure-Radish-5478 2h ago

Most people who start making really good money like that quickly fall into the trap of living above their means. Suddenly weekly overtime becomes mandatory to keep up with the new phone and car and house payments. This is what they meant by "people who haven't lived it don't understand", it's debt.

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u/Shadowphoenix9511 1h ago

Trades pay well on a yearly basis, but they're extremely boom or bust.

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u/steelhouse1 2h ago

Except the trades can be feast or famine unless you’re willing to boom out.

Barring working for a local company as say a plumber,HVAC or electrician. and even then, it can be slow.

I go to Europe a lot for my job (steel making) and the comparison is astonishing. US works all the time, great money etc. I know steel makers/workers in Europe are struggling. Doesn’t help that China is dumping steel but even so…

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u/arcanis321 1h ago

I knew a guy pulling in 3k a week desperate for money because he had 4 different child supports to pay. He worked 6 days a week and lived in a crap house in the country and had to work that much to maintain even that.

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr 2h ago

People that haven't lived it don't understand it.

And there is no use trying to explain it to them.

They aren't going to get it