• Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]
    hexagon
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    1 month ago

    I used to work in production and it fucking sucked. Dirty, no AC, had to hold heavy shit in weird positions.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      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.

      • Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]
        hexagon
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        1 month ago

        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.

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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          1 month ago

          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))

    • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      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.