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BlueTsunami2018

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13. I'd rather not have to work at all but my job is interesting and sometimes fun.
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:06 PM
Oct 2025

I don’t love it but I like it. Being a construction electrician is challenging mentally and physically. You get to be creative in planning out how you’re going to make things work and then you get to do it. We have lots of cool toys to play with and do and see things that most people never can. And because it’s a union job it pays a legitimate old school middle class wage and provides excellent benefits and retirement plan.

Of course it’s also very dangerous and subject to the elements but that kind of adds to the fun in a way. It gives you something of a warrior mentality. It’s an adventure.

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Which they are stuck in with no prospects for better ones GusBob Oct 2025 #1
The current unemployment rate is 4.3% as per the BLS. patphil Oct 2025 #2
An odd thing I've found JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #4
I am amazed whenever I meet someone who loves their job. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #3
I love my work JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #5
Do you work with Customs? Nittersing Oct 2025 #9
Often JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #11
Both of them work(ed) out of JFK... sometimes Newark Nittersing Oct 2025 #12
Your nephew JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #15
Thank you for that. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #10
I'd rather not have to work at all but my job is interesting and sometimes fun. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2025 #13
I'm a retired HVAC tech for a school district and share your sentiments Nittersing Oct 2025 #17
Wow, that's crazy Johnny2X2X Oct 2025 #21
The current paradigm about how employment works and individual finance their lives s is changing... Wounded Bear Oct 2025 #6
So they don't have good health care in those jobs? applegrove Oct 2025 #7
Tax the effing billionaires who are sucking the middle class dry. tinrobot Oct 2025 #8
How will that make all jobs quality jobs? MichMan Oct 2025 #28
I just saw an article about how people have lost faith in higher Ed because it doesn't prepare students for high paying Iris Oct 2025 #14
The income gap Johnny2X2X Oct 2025 #22
That's true. I think the criticism of higher Ed has ulterior motives Iris Oct 2025 #24
Agree Johnny2X2X Oct 2025 #25
Why are so many people saying they can't pay back their student loans? MichMan Oct 2025 #29
Right now it's the sling shot effect Johnny2X2X Oct 2025 #32
Higher paying jobs require a network to access. haele Oct 2025 #26
I think a lot of that criticism is rooted in the cost genxlib Oct 2025 #30
Right - and one reason of cost increased is lack of state funding Iris Oct 2025 #33
What does that even mean? valleyrogue Oct 2025 #16
It's not about entry level jobs or jobs that don't require college degrees. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2025 #20
We need to wakeup to the fact we need to stop allowing JCMach1 Oct 2025 #18
This is why so many people voted for Trump. yardwork Oct 2025 #19
I would NEVER vote for an asshole so much like my bosses RainCaster Oct 2025 #27
45 years of trickle down does that. Kid Berwyn Oct 2025 #23
I have a theory genxlib Oct 2025 #31
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