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As someone who does manual labor... I often dream of an office job.
Trust me it sucks.
I'm factory labor and I really like it!
... as long as the fucking machines work and the computers work and the label system works and the kanban system works and...
I used to work in production and it fucking sucked. Dirty, no AC, had to hold heavy shit in weird positions.
Don't mind getting dirty or physical exertion much, but yeah, the heat is pretty awful. I walk about three miles a night carrying metal car parts while wearing PPE, in the summer it gets pretty brutal.
Yeah the actual like, lifting part is generally fine. It's actually all the walking on concrete and the sweating like a hog that really takes it out of me.
Drinking between half to one gallon of water every night helps a lot, and I regularly replace my shoe inserts to stay comfy. I dunno, I really do like it (as long as I don't have to deal with bullshit (I always do))
There’s better and worse production jobs. I like small scale production of high value machines, far more laid back than mass production lines. I basically sit around all day putting stuff together and it’s the most enjoyable work I’ve found so far. The place I work now makes optics based products for climate research and it’s super laid back.
Damn you need anyone there?
Unfortunately not, but I’ll let you know if that changes!
I've done it all. It can suck either way. The important thing is to not get injured, which can easily happen if you get a job that's too sedentary.
I mean yeah it all sucks, but honestly I'm just tired of my feet hurting.
Working out and stretching have done way more wonders for me than manual labor has, in fact working out made doing manual labor easier for me, not even particularly intense work outs either. I always tell people, manual labor =/= exercise, one can compliment the other but they're two very different things.
Same here. I have to get in at least a light workout every day or else I do start to get little work injuries. Ironically, I didn't actually hurt my back until I got a desk job. Turns out I still have to workout or work will destroy my body.
I stretch almost every day now. Learning how to squat properly also took tons of stress off my back.
As someone who used to do manual labor and now has an office job try to get out quick your back will thank you.