Do you have respect for blue collar then white collar workers?

[Boomchakalaca]

Ladies, which do you prefer to date etc.

Consider that blue collars work a hazardous job (electrical, construction, mechanical, heights, mechanical) they come home dirty/sweaty/dirty nails, but makes 6 digits and provides. He is one of the workers that builds America (paving roads, building) He just has a high school diploma but makes the same money with someone with a bachelor’s degree. His job requires physical and mental abilities like learning how to rewire a car. Alcohol, vape, marijuana, dip, and cigarettes help him destress from work. He loves his burgers, steaks and sweet tea.

Consider that white collars have a office job with AC sitting on a computer and comes home from 9-5 making 6 digits. He earned a bachelors degree and he might be saving peoples lives (doctor, surgeon). His work is rewarding and given the job, it can be done remotely. It is safe, but it is a sedentary life style.

I respect Blue collar then white

I respect White collar then blue

[inhua]

blue collar workers get more respect than white collar workers because of the bullshit they have to endure from the public

they are proof that there's no male privilege or patriarchy when they're putting their lives on the line for others who couldn't give a shit about them if they died, not that these jobs are male specific but there's enough males where governments think it's ok to fuck around with their bottom line

every year there's idiots trying to protest the police, protest the military, protest coal miners and many others. nobody protests white collar workers

[Likes2drive]

One is physically demanding and one is mentally demanding so it really depends what the job is, without blue collar workers nothing would get done for the white collar workers so one relies on the other but we need doctors and nurses

[DizzyDesii]

Right on with the mentally demanding. I fcking hate the white collar work i get myself into. If it puts a toll on us girls, I’m sure its just as hard for the guys since they dislike all the drama

[Likes2drive]

@DizzyDesii I’m a blue collar worker actually

[DizzyDesii]

Sexayyy twin 🤣

[Likes2drive]

@DizzyDesii Yeah 😊 I get quite a work out with my job

[DizzyDesii]

I believe it

[DizzyDesii]

I prefer the 9-5 schedule of the white collar but the ruggedness, sexiness, strength, hardwork and creativity of the blue collar workers. So thats what I tend to date but I can never handle their irregular work schedules for long. And not all of them drink/smoke to destress. Thats dealbreakers for me. Some just need a good conversation, massage, and a shit ton of good music

[provokeesmokee]

I have a white collar job and smoke weed to unwind after it, too, lol.

I don't care. Blue collar, white collar, doesn't matter. What matters is they have a career they enjoy and grow.

[OlderAndWiser]

"Workers of the world, unite!"

[Andres77]

For the most part, blue-collar jobs are absolutely essential for society to function. White-collar jobs are mostly for making things more convenient.

[AngryCarl2]

Or making money for someone else. (cough) marketing (cough)

[Andres77]

@AngryCarl2 👍👍👍

[NatalieKeller95]

white collar workers are inside all comfortable sitting at a desk with nice ac blowing, meanwhile blue collar workers are out there dripping with sweat keeping the whole place running, blue collars for the win, blue collars have three things white cols lack, character grit, and resilience, those white collar wimps can worry about protecting themselves from a paper cut

[AngryCarl2]

But white collar work can be stressful and mentally exhausting.

[Jennz6]

Both are needed and respected, I didn’t vote.

[Bklynbadboy12]

This is why I think your amazing

[Alli39]

Both deserve equal respect if both people are working hard at their jobs. Just dealing with physical stress/dirt doesn't make me respect a person more or less.

[exitseven]

I work with computers but it is sort of the blue collar end of IT. I get my hands dirty every day. I think the guys in the trades deserve more respect.

[MementoMori777]

Just looking 👀

[slatyb]

I have respect for anyone doing a job to the best of their ability.

[msc545]

You forgot to mention that most white collar jobs require years or education and hard work even for a bachelor's degree. Professional degrees require even more. Surely that demands some respect?

[convo_king89]

A job is a job somebody has to do it. But I’ve heard women like sexy plumber/firefighter/cop. They come to check your stuff out and fix you up..

[Alltheflowers84]

I respect both the same. Each are equally important. But I feel society respects white collar more.

[AngryCarl2]

White collar work isn't really work. It's looking busy when the boss comes round.

[zeitgeist057]

That's just a poor work ethic. It happens with blue collar workers as well.

[richardcory]

Why do you think that? A lot of engineers work very long hours at difficult jobs.

[AngryCarl2]

@richardcory Aren't engineers blue collar workers?

[richardcory]

Hmm. are engineers now considered blue collar? I don't know what the dividing line is. If you consider engineers blue collar, what jobs to you consider white collar?

[AngryCarl2]

@richardcory Paper shuffling mainly.

[richardcory]

Are you thinking things like accountants, purchasing agents and the like?

[zeitgeist057]

@richardcory I don't know about Carl, but I thought the definition was labor with your body vs labor w your mind (college degree). Which would make engineers, who have degrees and work with their minds more than bodies, white collar. Tradesmen, who go to trade school, but then still work with their bodies (electricians, plumbers, &c.) I would call blue collar. I think “the white collar doesn’t get dirty, so it stays white. Blue collars have to be washed more.”
But those who went to college and work with their minds can work hard. I’ve known plenty of blue collar shovel leaners, who collect wages but do very little actual work.

[richardcory]

@zeitgeist057 There is a lot of overlap. Many scientists and engineers also work with their hands building scientific instruments and engineering prototypes. The guys you see in fire suits taking volcanic lava samples are scientists.

I don't think there is a clear division. More manual labor, hourly wages, unions all make a job more blue-collar. Required degees, more computer and paper work, and salary all make a job more white collar.

Then there are weird cases like airline pilots.

[zeitgeist057]

@richardcory yeah agree 100% it's not a black and white (or blue and white) scenario. In general though, even stuff like the lava scientists or marine biologists it seems to me, at least, that the more hands on (and sometimes the more fun or interesting) jobs tend to pay less and are more associated as "blue collar". Of course there is a lot of overlap as you say and plenty of "blue collar" like heavy equipment operators, or quasi-blue collar like airline pilots, that pay very well.

[zeitgeist057]

some of those union jobs are kind of insane how great the benefits and locked in pay increases and mandatory retirement packages are.

[richardcory]

@zeitgeist057 Its true that hands-on science jobs tend to have lower status than more theoretical ones, but strangely the hands on stuff usually pays better - maybe because of competition with industry.

There is another division, not matching blue / white which is the importance of an individual's ability to performing the job. At one extreme a repetitive factory job, or some types of accounting jobs don't really require any skill on the part of the worker. OTOH a scientist, or skilled welder needs a high level of skill to perform their job well. Airline pilots are a weird case again because the job requires a lot of skill - but beyond a certain point additional skill has very little impact on job performance (with rare exceptions)

[richardcory]

@zeitgeist057 Union jobs can be great - but so can some types of engineering jobs.

[DextroShade]

Society needs blue collar men far more than it needs white collar men. Just imagine which group we would be worse off without.

[richardcory]

You need them both. We'd be in a pretty sad state without engineers, and also a very sad state without people who build and fix things.

[CuriousMufuxka]

My collarbone wears a shirt and goes to work. Rollin on my reach truck, I aim at times 25 feet high for a supply of sauces you might enjoy.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Doesn't matter. As long they work and earn their money the right way I respect that.

[In_Trance]

Both blue and white collar groups have dickheads working in them.

[abc3643]

I respect them all. I was both.

[sheikalana]

I respect both equally.

[Tanya_]

I respect both

[EaterPeter]

Nope