What happened to construction productivity? Part 1: Measurement

Re:What happened to construction productivity? Part 1: Measu... by cafard on Thursday September 30, 2021 @08:42AM (#28705640)

Nobody wants to work outside at wages so low.

A co-worker years ago was the son of a construction worker. One winter his father was on a job site in New York, within easy view of an office building. Some of the clerical staff in an office put up a sign in the window: "It's 70 Degrees In Here". The construction workers put up their own sign: "It's $X/hour Out Here", $X being considerably higher than the going wage for clerical workers.

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Re:What happened to construction productivity? Part 1: Measu... by animal_spirits on Thursday September 30, 2021 @09:15AM (#28705907)

Wow those clerical workers are assholes.

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Re:What happened to construction productivity? Part 1: Measu... by floor2 on Thursday September 30, 2021 @02:50PM (#28709747)

Ya, these obviously fake class-warfare anecdotes are weird.

People retell and repost them as if they were real, despite being obviously made up to show group X being bad/dumb/naive and group Y being good/smart/wise.

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Re:What happened to construction productivity? Part 1: Measu... by RDaneel0livaw on Thursday September 30, 2021 @10:01AM (#28706408)

that's exactly it. Of course there will be some people who turn their nose at outdoor construction work, but the much bigger reason is the pay is just not livable. In KY the average pay for a construction worker is $14 an hour. You can't buy a house or raise a family with that.

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