Big Generation Gaps in Work Attitudes Revealed

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Scheduled to go back April 1st, but I have to see another plastic surgeon about it next week. The skin on my foot blisters, breaks, and bleeds when it gets sweaty and wet, with the friction. Its also horribly susceptible to hot and cold temps. Hard to work in a refinery, where its minimum 100C (even in the middle of winter) all the time.

Holy shit, 100C?! What in the world do you wear to protect your body and lungs in that kind of atmosphere?

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Holy shit, 100C?! What in the world do you wear to protect your body and lungs in that kind of atmosphere?

In the part of the refinery I work in, I wear a forced induction, positive pressure racal, which is basicly a contained helmet that blows clean, cool air through your face all the time.

We have strict rules on how long we can be on the floor per hour, depending on the current temp.

In a twelve hour day, I may work three.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Holy shit, 100C?! What in the world do you wear to protect your body and lungs in that kind of atmosphere?

damn I overlooked the C, damn canadians and the centigrade system thats some fookin hot stuff there.

[pauldun170]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ave_by_country

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ave_by_country

Nice link, and somehow, not surprising that the US doesn't have a minimum set for vacay. Also, they should state the 30 days of vacation per year for US military is 30 calendar days since they differentiate between calendar and work days in the list above. If there aren't any holidays in a month, then 22 work days is equal to 30 calendar days worth of leave. If you have a 3 day weekend and want to turn it into a 4 day weekend in the military, you have to burn 4 days of leave ( but usually only if you're going more than a certain number of hours away from base). Sure, there were guys who cheated the system, and there were some supervisors who knew but would turn a blind eye, but you get the point.

[zlicius]

the kids i'm teaching (ok, learning to teach, but i'm in class w/ the teaching them for free) scare me. good gawd, talk about entitlement. why you gotta know a&p for nursing? you mean you had to LEARN and RETAIN that???

oh lord.

and the hoochie clothes they wear? and how they drive in the parking lot??

yes. i'm old.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by zlicius

and the hoochie clothes they wear? and how they drive in the parking lot??
.

Why should any of that matter to you? How they dress and drive is not a factor in how well they can perform a job.

[sherri_chickie]

My late husband was an electrician in the states.. he got no holiday ( supposed to be 5 days, but if you got sick, it was a holiday day)..

I always thought it was ridiculous!

[njchopper87]

I'm a GenMe. I don't necessarily want more of both money and vacay time.. I just want more bang for my buck, so to speak. My current view is that I don't want to walk into a job that seems like prison. If I have to do a lot I expect a lot in return. However, what I really want is balance. I don't want to work 9-5 and drop dead the second I walk in the house like my dad does. Granted, he now has the option to work 4 long does over 5 regular days.

Overall, I want to have the time say "I'm bored." Too many people out there view that as a bad work ethic.. well, it's not. If you want to bury yourself in your work go ahead, but I'd rather struggle to fill free time then struggle to find time.

But then again, I'm young. What the hell do I know? haha.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by njchopper87

Overall, I want to have the time say "I'm bored."

Hell no, I'd quit my job if I ever uttered the words "I'm bored"