Anyone work in crazy conditions?

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Originally Posted by Rob

I was working in a power plant that blew up here a few years back in CT, that was my first step in a new career.

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That would be a good clue it's time to find work elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by Rob

I was working in a power plant that blew up here a few years back in CT, that was my first step in a new career.

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No crap, i remember when that happened dude! You werent in the plant at the time i assume?

I spend most of my days and nights in the back of an Ambulance. I'm a paramedic for two 911 services. One of which operates on 12 and 24 hour shifts and is extremely busy pretty much at all times due to being extremely understaffed. We have enough trucks, but not enough medics to go around. We also no longer have a station due to budget cuts - so all of our shifts are done posting. Which, in the central Texas heat.. is not the funnest thing in the world.

The other company I work for is yet another 911 company that operates on a 48 hour shifts, however it is rural and not as busy. It is also understaffed and going flat broke - only having one truck at each station :(. Normally we get your run of the mill non life threatening calls... but we also have those times when we get the downright nitty gritty stuff and it becomes a thousand times harder because the hospital is so far away. A few weeks ago we had a roll over and had to stick both patients in the back. The other ambulance was in service, so it was up to my partner and I. That was possibly the longest hour of my life.


Not sure if these counts as crazy conditions. It sure as heck is stressful though. However, I LOVE my job and feel honored to be working it.

I work as a cable tech where I live. In my Province (Manitoba), weather in summer can hit 35c for 2-3 months of summer. Our summers are usually Mid May to end of Sept. Which is mostly mosquitoes, and rain every weekend, oh and construction.

Our winters start on Halloween, every year. It is almost snowing on Halloween every year. We have to plug our cars in if they are outside, or they won't start. That's usually from Dec 15th-March 7th, and the weather can hit (with the windchill) up to -55c. So, imagine a 35c to -55c change climate. Wow.

So, I work in that. Outside, wrapping cable cords outside of a house if the house is solid shut, and I can't do it inside. Winter's so cold, that technically, I shouldn't be working in it if it's -55c. However we do. Cable lines split from being frozen, that we have to go back in the summer to fix it.

Now, working inside homes. I've been in over 3000 homes in my 7+ year career. The nasty crap I come across, families on welfare, kids barely able to get a place to sleep. Drug addicts, homes so broken and crappy I don't even know why I'm hooking up an HDPVR, INTERNET and PHONE for people that don't even have proper beds for their kids. BEDBUGS!!! I could go on and on. OH, buckets and buckets of over filled cat litter that never gets cleaned, so they add more boxes, and leave the sh*tty ones still sitting there....ok I'm done. OH, tiny 500 sq foot houses with no AC in the hot humid 35c house.....with a 9 month old pregnant woman, and a 3 year old daughter....I'll never forget the daughter puking her guts out, after I told the mom to get outside the house (cooler outside than inside).....:mad:

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

So, I manager a pizza place and it's pretty darn hot and the summer hasn't even started. Thermometer says we are sitting at right around 103* with humidity being ridiculous probably in the upper 90s. Not gonna complain though cause its a job and a good one at that (at least I'm happy with it). Just wondering what are some extreme conditions at your job?

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I feel ya on that one. I'm a driver at Pizza Hut. Our store is very old and falling apart. It lacks adequate ventilation, has no A/C and the store manager will not allow us to open the back door. It is horrible in there during the summer. I've brought one of our Accu-rite thermometers to work a few times and it gets well over 110 degrees in the back where I usually work. I placed one up front at the make table and the cut table which are both next to the oven and it stayed close to 130 degrees and extremely humid with no ventilation. That is NOT safe. We have cooks pass out and throw up all the time because of the heat, but they are too cheap to put in new ventilation. Luckily I have the best job in the place because I do the least amount of work, I get to enjoy the A/C in my car occasionally and I make way more than anyone there. Winter is sweet, though. It gets cold because the back isn't heated, but I'm from Alaska, so it feels great to me.

Other than the oppressive heat, my job isn't too bad and I make pretty decent money believe it or not. LGray23, you can keep your job! Noooooo spank you! :O

I'm about to start training for CSX track operations on the 11'th. It's in Georgia, and most of it takes place on actual railroads.. so does working on railroads all day in 90-100 degree weather, sometimes high over a river count? lol

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Originally Posted by 4Ballz

I work as a cable tech where I live. In my Province (Manitoba), weather in summer can hit 35c for 2-3 months of summer. Our summers are usually Mid May to end of Sept. Which is mostly mosquitoes, and rain every weekend, oh and construction.

Our winters start on Halloween, every year. It is almost snowing on Halloween every year. We have to plug our cars in if they are outside, or they won't start. That's usually from Dec 15th-March 7th, and the weather can hit (with the windchill) up to -55c. So, imagine a 35c to -55c change climate. Wow.

So, I work in that. Outside, wrapping cable cords outside of a house if the house is solid shut, and I can't do it inside. Winter's so cold, that technically, I shouldn't be working in it if it's -55c. However we do. Cable lines split from being frozen, that we have to go back in the summer to fix it.

Now, working inside homes. I've been in over 3000 homes in my 7+ year career. The nasty crap I come across, families on welfare, kids barely able to get a place to sleep. Drug addicts, homes so broken and crappy I don't even know why I'm hooking up an HDPVR, INTERNET and PHONE for people that don't even have proper beds for their kids. BEDBUGS!!! I could go on and on. OH, buckets and buckets of over filled cat litter that never gets cleaned, so they add more boxes, and leave the sh*tty ones still sitting there....ok I'm done. OH, tiny 500 sq foot houses with no AC in the hot humid 35c house.....with a 9 month old pregnant woman, and a 3 year old daughter....I'll never forget the daughter puking her guts out, after I told the mom to get outside the house (cooler outside than inside).....:mad:

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Been there, done that. I worked for our local ISP (Suddenlink Communications) for over a year as a maintenance tech. Probably one of the most stressful jobs I've ever had especially when you're working outages. I hate tap plates, and I hate trunk amps / line extenders with a passion. Do your main plant lines have voltage? Ours run 220 volts, enough to give you a nasty shock if you get forgetful.

man compared to some posts i got it rough.....a cool 702-74 degrees really fancy nice chair, my own office, and i can come and go as i please. tough stuff....

ok so now that is said conditions are perfect however; the expectations of my day to day suck.
When there are bad snow storms i have to do "storm duty" where I am onsite from start to finish of any/all bad storms. Not just snow. when Irene hit I was in the office for 5days straight including showering because we had issues with our generator and in my line of work we cannot afford downtime. I am also on-call 24*7 and every other week i must stay within 30min drive of the office. I also am responsible for million dollar projects and work on firewalls that are worth 2.5million dollars an hour. Which means if i mess up the and the firewall goes down i could cost the customer millions.

Ohh and aside from all of that i have to help our complete useless user base with all of their sad computer needs and if my boss needs something done it is needed yesterday.

not the easiest gig when you have a 2 year old every other week on your own. but I love what i do and my daughter so its worth it.

My chair really sucks and my coworker makes nasty smelling hazelnut coffee every day, twice a day.

Other than that... Nope

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I roughneck on a gas and oil rig. try working no matter what the weather is and even when its hot as all get out I still have to wear fire resistant coveralls. long sleeves and zipped all the way up. 12 hour minimum shifts 14 days on. but the fun part is the 14 days off and payday is the same day I head home for r&r :D