PullMyFinger
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What was the toughest job you ever had physically ? I've moved pipe, dug ditches, core drillers helper. No job was as physically hard as one at Iowa Beef Processors in 1981. My job was on a crew of 6 to pick boxes of beef from 40 to 108 lbs off of trays and put them on pallets to go on an elevator . From there guys loaded the trucks from the pallets.
In 58 days I dropped from 190 lbs to 168 lbs. I felt my csiatic nerve sending shocks down my leg on my last day. I wasn't able to get out of bed for 2 days after that. I missed the last 2 days of probation period of 60 days. They let me go and it was a relief. My crew broke a national record and picked 1,006 boxes per hour per man for an 8 hour shift the previous week. They promised a big party with a keg of beer if we could hit the1000 box number . 48,288 boxes of beef were shipped out that day. All we received was a letter from IBP headquarters to each guy . I still have that letter to remind myself never to go all out like that again. Lol, I haven't worked like that since then. I was 22 yo that year.
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In 58 days I dropped from 190 lbs to 168 lbs. I felt my csiatic nerve sending shocks down my leg on my last day. I wasn't able to get out of bed for 2 days after that. I missed the last 2 days of probation period of 60 days. They let me go and it was a relief. My crew broke a national record and picked 1,006 boxes per hour per man for an 8 hour shift the previous week. They promised a big party with a keg of beer if we could hit the1000 box number . 48,288 boxes of beef were shipped out that day. All we received was a letter from IBP headquarters to each guy . I still have that letter to remind myself never to go all out like that again. Lol, I haven't worked like that since then. I was 22 yo that year.
Share your story as it is amazing to see how things have become easier over the years.