| Well, this very question would probably bring a | | | | to...well, you get the idea. By the time the project is |
| popular movie to your minds. Have you ever seen | | | | finished, only a select few even know about it and |
| Office Space? If so, then your opinion is probably | | | | can appreciate its completion. Although there is not |
| swayed towards the construction job. Office Space | | | | nearly as much satisfaction for them because they |
| has probably tainted the image of the cubicle job | | | | didn't see the project in all its construction stages. |
| forever and glorified the construction job in its place. | | | | However, on the plus side, cubicle workers are much |
| According to the movie, a cubicle job is drab, | | | | less likely to ever injure their backs. Well, maybe |
| monotonous, confusing, and pointless; construction | | | | that's not true. If they live in a house and need to lift |
| jobs, on the other hand, are meaningful, refreshing, | | | | things, like every home owner does, their backs will |
| and a great source of exercise. So for all you Office | | | | be ill-prepared to lift it. They've been sitting on a chair |
| Space fans, construction jobs, construction manager | | | | all day, and their muscles are in a state of atrophy if |
| jobs, contractors, and every other position in the | | | | they're not taking time out each day to hit the gym. |
| construction business easily trump any and all | | | | Therefore, construction workers who are constantly |
| positions in the white-collar industry. | | | | using those back muscles are more prepared to |
| For those of us who have actually worked cubicle | | | | continue lifting them. So it's a bit of a toss up. |
| jobs, the film rings true on many levels. I, for one, | | | | Construction jobs entail all kinds of heavy lifting, and |
| have had experience in the data entry field. I | | | | constant heavy lifting, day after day, which is very |
| changed the date and added page numbers to | | | | likely to lead to back injury. For cubicle workers, they |
| thousands of accounts daily, and never knew what | | | | won't be lifting heavy things nearly as often. In fact, |
| that even accomplished. I'd work for about an hour a | | | | it'll be downright rare for them to pick up something |
| day, and would spend the rest of the day walking | | | | heavy. But when that time comes when they're |
| around the building, reading a variety of books, and | | | | needed for some lifting, their backs won't be ready |
| listening to a handful of new CDs I had checked out | | | | for it, and they're likely to injure their backs during |
| from the library. The job was easy, to say the least. | | | | that first heavy lift. This can be avoided, of course, if |
| Spending 6-7 hours a day reading books while | | | | they choose to exercise at the gym regularly. If they |
| listening to the library's music collection was just like | | | | lift weights each day, in a controlled environment, |
| 6-7 hours of leisure time, only I was getting paid for | | | | then they'll be prepared to lift heavy things around |
| it. So it's hard for me to complain about cubicle jobs. | | | | the house and will most likely be free of injury. |
| However, at the end of the day, I felt like I had | | | | Cubicle workers are also better paid. People looking |
| accomplished very little. There were other jobs I | | | | for a construction job aren't necessarily looking for |
| could take on that would pay better for fewer | | | | those jobs because of the pay. They're just looking |
| hours, and I would actually accomplish something. The | | | | for a job that they're capable of handling. They want |
| hours of listening to music, though, were priceless! I | | | | a job that requires physical labor and simple projects. |
| definitely benefited from studying all the classics. | | | | People with little schooling, for example, are perfect |
| However, for those who have to work all day long in | | | | for these jobs because they don't qualify for much |
| cubicles, staring at computer screens, and typing all | | | | else. You don't need any schooling for jobs in |
| day with a fury, they would probably appreciate the | | | | construction; however, you do need schooling for |
| simplicity and project-oriented nature of the different | | | | even the most menial position if you're to work at a |
| jobs in construction. Perhaps they wouldn't be | | | | cubicle. Even those pathetic data entry jobs require |
| interested in the physical labor of it, but they might | | | | some kind of schooling. Most of those positions are |
| be interested in construction management jobs. | | | | considered temp jobs or internships for people who |
| They'd still be spending most of their time outside, | | | | aspire to take a full-time salary position at the |
| under the sun and in the refreshing outdoors, and | | | | company. So, that company will only hire people who |
| they'd be working on specific projects. They'd lead a | | | | seem to have the potential to move up in that |
| team of construction workers to complete a project | | | | company. |
| from start to finish, and would be able to spend | | | | Construction jobs have their pros and cons, like any |
| those last few minutes appreciating a job well done. | | | | other job. Many people enjoy the simplicity of it. Jobs |
| When working in a cubicle, we often don't see the | | | | in construction don't require a serious focus or any |
| finished product for anything we work on. We do our | | | | moments of brain-wracking intensity. It's all quite |
| part and pass it along to the next man. It's the virtual | | | | stress free. Construction workers work with their |
| assembly line. We take care of only one aspect of | | | | hands and it's really as simple as that. So for all those |
| the project before passing it along to someone down | | | | who want to take a break from deep thinking, |
| the hall, who then finishes his/her part and passes it | | | | brain-wracking, page turning studying, a job in |
| along to someone upstairs, who then passes it along | | | | construction might be just what you're looking for! |