Do some people have a harder job than other people in an assembly line?
Asked by Sweety Pie!
if yes than please tell me why, if no please tell me why. im not really sure myself. i think so depending on the job, but yet again i dont work in an assembly line.

Best Answer:
Yes. And I can tell you this from a personal perspective, having worked on both assembly lines, in manufacturing plants, as well as in offices as an administrative and middle-management employee. Assembly line work is MUCH harder! It is physically demanding of the body and forces you to move your body in ways that are simply not natural and ways the body was not ever designed to move, and then to do that repetitively, over and over again, up to 200 times a day or more, in an 8 hour shift. When you are on an assembly line, you are stuck there, until they shut it down for break or someone relieves you. There is no going to the washroom on a whim whenever you need to, as you can when you work at a desk. Also, you are expected to keep up to the assembly line speed and complete several tasks within your assigned process, no matter what problems you might encounter. Dropped a bolt? Better hurry up and get another one, because the line doesn't stop. Ever watch I Love Lucy? See the candy factory episode. It's not so far-fetched! But there's no covering mistakes or missed processes on the assembly line. If you don't do your job, the next person down the line can't do theirs. And so on and so forth. And there is a LOT of pressure to produce and keep up from management. Mistakes are not tolerated. Very stressful! Not to mention sweaty and stinky and depending on the industry, dirty too! The first two weeks I worked the assembly line I literally thought I was going to DIE from the pain! I could barely make it through a shower before collapsing into bed. It got better over time, but it was always physically exhausting. And I developed a repetitive strain injury in the form of carpal-tunnel syndrome, which has been diagnosed as permanent. Now, having said that, in many places the pay is good, especially if it's a unionized plant, but these workers are paid well because they pay dearly with their physical and sometimes emotional health. If you are looking into career options, DON'T go for an assembly line job. Work in an office. Work outdoors. Do something else! Plus there won't be any jobs in manufacturing soon anyway because of the state of the economy and the fact that the government is allowing jobs to be bled from the country (Canada anyway) by way of NAFTA. Maybe if they smarten up and scrap free trade for fair trade, force industries that want to sell here to produce and invest here, there might be a fighting chance. If not, I don't see much of a future for manufacturing here when other countries allow business to pay slave wages.