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TBH I get 90% of my work done in the first 4-5 hours at work and then my productivity drops of significantly. When I was an independent roofing contractor me an
by Vysero 7y ago
TBH I get 90% of my work done in the first 4-5 hours at work and then my productivity drops of significantly. When I was an independent roofing contractor me and my employees only worked in good conditions and only worked 4 days a week. I always paid them for 40 hours. I did really well as an independent contractor despite the offset in time.
- shaklee3 7y agoDo you mind me asking why you got off of it? Housing downturn?
- dillonmckay 7y agoNot OP, but that is quite a physically demanding job with alot of time in the sun.
- blotter_paper 7y agoBad on the back and knees, high risk of falling, strokes from heat for older roofers, and the careless ones start throwing hammers around. (I'm not a roofer, but used to be a jack of all trades that sometimes did roofing alongside actual roofers.)
- magashna 7y agoNo one wants to roof forever. It's hard and dangerous.
- Vysero 7y agoYes as other have stated the profession is rather hard on your body. I suffered some serious back problems as a result of the manual labor and decided to peruse my interests in engineering instead.