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• blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah. “Bring your own tools” is a pretty common policy in a lot of blue collar work. The company might technically provide the tools you need - but they will typically provide the cheapest, shittiest versions. So the workers will bring their own tools, which are higher quality. And since they are personally owned, they are less likely to get broken or “walk away”. And since everyone is bringing their own tools, the guy at the job site who is supposed to bring the tools gets lackadaisical about that part of his job.

  So you show up as the new guy, first day on the job, and they say

  “where’s your hammer?”

  “I dunno, I thought you guys had hammers”

  “Joe, we have any hammers?”

  “We got some at the office”

  And now you’re just gonna stand around all day not doing shit, feeling embarassed that you don’t have a hammer. And then you go to the hardware store and buy a hammer after work that day, so Joe is able to continue slacking off at his job of remembering to bring the hammers.

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  • Cheesus@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    • Unless you’re in Europe. Having to bring your own tools is a north american thing. Here all tools are provided, even pencils and tape measures. Hell, my last construction job even provided clothes and work boots, but that might be company specific. Also, generally north american construction companies require you to have your own hand tools, but not expensive power tools like large drills and saws. Cordless power tools can go either way but I always had my own.

    Source: worked 15+ years construction in NA, and did a year in Europe before changing careers.

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    • mangobanana@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Personally it’s that companies in America are so shitty that they don’t want to pony up the money for tools. I work for a local government parks dept and all the tools are provided for the trades staff

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