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Arief Syah · 5d ago
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I’ve been working in a few different trades since I left school and honest to god feel overworked in every job I’ve had, like working 50 or 60 hours a week including weekends sometimes. Is this just life as a tradie or am I just picking the wrong companies? What are my options for staying in the trades but working less hours?
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Matt · 1d ago
50-60 hours/week is a LOT to be doing regularly. Can't speak for the trades but FT should be closer to 38/week with reasonable overtime now and then. Do you know any other tradies you can ask?

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