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i’m late but i work highway construction OP…i put up guardrail…
good money in the summer as there’s a generous amount of overtime to be had…construction under the sun sucks but it is what it is!!! 60+ hours a week in summer
rainy days and winter suck, but i usually still get at least 40 hours in winter…
i can’t lie i didn’t get any pto or sick leave or anything like that…but the pay is good enough that i was driving an hour one way for work up until a few weeks ago…
sounds like you have what it takes to rough it out OP…plus you bought tools so that’s another reason to stick it out!!
but like many in this thread i’m already planning my exit from construction…did office work until i caught a charge in 2017…been doing construction ever since…
recently got my cdl permit and plan on transitioning to a truck driver versus being a skilled laborer now…more pay less work..
but in the meantime i do what i have to do…i hate the job, but i love the checks…
you work for your states DOT or do they contract that all out? DOT does all the guardrail here, one day you might be plowing snow the next you might be on guardrail.
you still going to work for the same company? there's all sorts of DOT jobs that you just drive a truck for.
I got two seasons left in me and I'm out of paving, I'll still drive probably but I want a year round job with weekends off again. sick of missing all summer and being laid off all winter.