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Originally Posted by opendoor
A few years ago. And I guess it really depends on what you consider bullying vs. harmless pranks and I'm sure it totally depends on the organization. They were talking about things like locking a new guy in the portapotty during lunch break, messing with apprentices' tools (dumping their bags out, screwing a tool bucket to the floor, etc.) etc. And just generally the way they were talking about treating new workers. It's probably nothing compared to what people did 40 years ago. Still, stuff that would get you fired at most other jobs is considered run of the mill behavior on some construction sites.
I guess that's fine if everyone's on board with it, but it's going to naturally lead to self-selection of a specific type of person on those types of jobsites as well as give the whole industry a reputation which can partly explain why people aren't enthusiastically signing up for that kind of work.
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When I worked at Greyhound they locked one of the new guys in a baggage tank under the bus.
They didnt find him until it pulled into Banff.
Little work pranks can be funny, but things like that are stupid and mean.
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