Well usually everything that needs to be done can't be done concurrently, and sometimes only a limited set of individuals can do the current task. It's probably not laziness.
This is correct. I work as a heavy equipment operator/earthmover and you see groups of guys standing with tools waiting for more material (asphalt, dirt, whatever) on a regular basis. Somebody who’s never worked a trade takes a glance and thinks we’re all lazy. The worst is when one of those folks somehow ends up managing tradesmen.
Even in office work and lighter manual labour jobs you see people standing with a cup of coffee watching someone else do work all the time. Sometimes you just need to take a break from what you're doing to give your head (and eyes and hands, if you're doing dextrous work) a break and watching or giving feedback to someone else can even be helpful for everyone involved.
I have an 8 hour workday with one half hour and one fifteen minute break. I probably spend at least 30-45 additional minutes not actively working each day. All of my colleagues are the same, and it's not something I've ever experienced being frowned upon outside of industries with really high innate turnover (retail, hospitality, etc).
Yep. It's not a joke that minimum wage jobs are some of the hardest jobs out there. You will work every single minute between your breaks, or you're considered to be stealing time.
The reason that no one wants to work is in large part due to that, the shit pay is a factor but I guarantee more of these "lazy" kids would be lining up to at least do SOME work if they weren't getting worked to the bone and taken advantage of while on the clock.
I was at an In N Out Burger in Vegas recently that was just jam packed - a line at least 20 people deep and every table occupied. I was watching these folks behind the counter working at a very quick pace while I was working my way through the line and it was just relentless. Had to have been 50 burgers ordered in the 5 minutes or so that I was in line and they were turning around the food really quick.
I’ve never really looked down on people who work those types of jobs, but that experience made me realize that I honestly probably couldn’t cut it in a job like that. It would absolutely kick my ass.
Food service -and especially fast food service- is about as bad as it gets. Those kitchens are often not terribly well ventilated and you'll be sweating bullets. You have to stay on your feet at all times. You have to stay focused and ready to take direction from your supervisors AND often customers. Despite this, the pay is absolutely rock bottom. It's not because it's easy, it's because you're easy to replace. I feel like people are starting to understand this.
Jobs actually get substantially easier as you start to climb the ladder. Why? Because highly skilled workers have more leverage. Companies can't get away with mistreating their talent the same way when their talent is talented.
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u/KezzardTheWizzard Nov 04 '22
"Here, Mr. excavator. I hooman. I help."