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<blockquote data-quote="jimmifett" data-source="post: 5689713" data-attributes="member: 55006">Warehouses in general can be pretty hot, esp depending on location. When I was much younger and laid off during the tech bust, in the armpit portion of central florida, I got a job at a plastics extrusion plant just so I wouldn't be a moocher leeching of unemployment benefits. It was pretty hot, although had open doors. Unfortunately, not being near the ocean, little breeze, and surrounded by thousands of small lakes, so high humidity. On top of that, add in the stench of melted/burned plastic. Couldn't gid rid of the smell in my nose for 2 weeks. I only lasted 4 hours ($9/hr or so) before I quit. Combination of the heat making me want to faint, the smell, and my asthma, I just couldn't hack it, but I have great respect for those that had been working there years. They are made of more determined stuff than I in that regard. Never did cash the check for 4 hours of work, I never felt I deserved it.&nbsp;Needless to say, I was back looking for more work the next day and had a new programming gig within the week in one of the bigger neighboring cities.&nbsp;To head any one off about $9/hr in bad conditions nonsense, it was unskilled labor. I could easily have replaced my repetitive job with a suficiently designed robot provided it was cheap enough to design and cheap enough to operate. By agreeing to $9/hr, I was in agreement with my employer that my time, skills, mental, and physical exertions I would expend matched the price the company was willing to pay as applied for that job. When I was no longer in agreement with that valuation, I quit and found a more valuated skill with which to use and an employer who agreed with my self assessment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jimmifett, post: 5689713, member: 55006"] Warehouses in general can be pretty hot, esp depending on location. When I was much younger and laid off during the tech bust, in the armpit portion of central florida, I got a job at a plastics extrusion plant just so I wouldn't be a moocher leeching of unemployment benefits. It was pretty hot, although had open doors. Unfortunately, not being near the ocean, little breeze, and surrounded by thousands of small lakes, so high humidity. On top of that, add in the stench of melted/burned plastic. Couldn't gid rid of the smell in my nose for 2 weeks. I only lasted 4 hours ($9/hr or so) before I quit. Combination of the heat making me want to faint, the smell, and my asthma, I just couldn't hack it, but I have great respect for those that had been working there years. They are made of more determined stuff than I in that regard. Never did cash the check for 4 hours of work, I never felt I deserved it. Needless to say, I was back looking for more work the next day and had a new programming gig within the week in one of the bigger neighboring cities. To head any one off about $9/hr in bad conditions nonsense, it was unskilled labor. I could easily have replaced my repetitive job with a suficiently designed robot provided it was cheap enough to design and cheap enough to operate. By agreeing to $9/hr, I was in agreement with my employer that my time, skills, mental, and physical exertions I would expend matched the price the company was willing to pay as applied for that job. When I was no longer in agreement with that valuation, I quit and found a more valuated skill with which to use and an employer who agreed with my self assessment. [/QUOTE]

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