I want to provide my blue collar perspective, as a lifelong tinkerer/electrician: It is difficult to take pride in your work when the general contractor (bossm

I want to provide my blue collar perspective, as a lifelong tinkerer/electrician: It is difficult to take pride in your work when the general contractor (bossman) tells you to "learn how to shut your fuckin'mouth" after you point out glaring errors in other sub-contractors' (often drug-addled) outputs. When pressed, attempting to defend GC's reputation, you are told "just let insurance worry about [Deficiency#XYZ], that's why we pay for it." This quickly leads to burnout, not giving AF (not one!), and eventually retiring all-together. Even on mansions, construction is typically sub-contracted to lowest-bidder; this contractor typically has higher turnover staff than most bids. The insurance coverage has already been calculated, a lá Fight Club sugar packets, as the lesser expense. ---- tl;dr: I worked both union and non-union shops, and eventually started (and ran for two decades) my own electric shop: Nobody can care in the "race to the bottom" environment of lowest-bidder acceptances.