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> Nobody is making their employees do the same repetitive labor in the same setting day in and day out. Do you not know anyone that works in a factory? Spend s
by all2 8y ago
> Nobody is making their employees do the same repetitive labor in the same setting day in and day out.
Do you not know anyone that works in a factory? Spend some time in the South, or in the Midwest. You'll find people who do the same thing day-in and day-out. Those jobs still exist.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoI've worked those kind of jobs. You rotate from station to station for each shift/time slot. It's really no worse than working in an institutional kitchen for the same length of time (and the pay is typically better). I get that people in ivory towers will decry it all as horrible but the fact of the matter is that none of those jobs are any better or worse than the other once you account for people's variable preferences. I'd personally rather do outdoor labor of some sort but some people prefer the air conditioned factory floor.
- scruple 8y agoThat isn't my experience at all in a glass plant in the midwest. If you were a run of the mill laborer on the floor, you had a station and you worked your 8/12/16 hour shift right there the entire time. I stood at the end of a long cooling belt inspecting glass for QA defects, piece by miserable piece until I was able to clock out. edit/ Also, throwing boxes for delivery companies or warehouses, you'll be standing at the end of your belt filling up trucks for the entire duration of your 8/12/16 hour shift.