Title: Tried Construction for Two Months 1. Construction is way better than working for minimum wage. - Generous daily pay Construction work runs from 7 AM to 4:30 PM, and beginners earn 15–16K, up to 17K on good days. If you work two extra hours of overtime, you get 1.5x pay; if you work night shifts, you work just four more hours total—but your daily pay doubles. That’s how powerful the day-rate system is. - Generous working hours You get 30 minutes of break in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon, plus a 1.5–2 hour lunch break. After morning and afternoon roll calls, you smoke a cigarette—and your actual working time is under six hours. - As a beginner, there’s plenty of idle time until you’re fully up to speed. - Unlike factory, warehouse, or delivery jobs where you’re constantly rushing under pressure, construction lets you work calmly and methodically. (Safety and precision are critical.) - You might picture construction as hauling bricks and digging dirt, but materials are moved with forklifts or elevators. There’s also a dedicated lifting team, so skilled workers and laborers focus solely on installation and construction tasks. 2. Construction is better than delivery work. - Delivery pays based on how much you do—but the per-unit rate is terrible and keeps getting cut every year. Prices rise, but my rate keeps dropping. - Delivery is incredibly stressful: constantly racing against time, dealing with overloaded packages, elevator congestion, and parking hassles. I’ve never felt stressed working construction. 3. Construction is better than being a civil servant. - I worked for nine years as a customs officer. In my team of ten, three were jerks, five or six were useless, and only one or two carried the entire team. Managers didn’t manage or take responsibility. - In construction, skilled workers (foremen) lead and take responsibility—so the team actually functions well. - Since it’s a daily labor team system, it seems impossible for toxic people to survive. If someone seems off, they’re quickly let go. I watched everyone I worked with over two months—didn’t see a single bad apple. - As long as you’re physically healthy, you can learn skills, raise your value, and keep working past retirement age. - Obviously, you earn way more than a civil servant. - Work-life balance is also better than customs—customs often requires night or weekend work even without shift rotations. 4. Downsides. - You could get injured or seriously hurt. It’s not as dangerous as you’d think, and safety rules are extremely strict—but accidents are unpredictable. - If you’re on a small team, you might travel across the country.