• Echo Dot
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    1 year ago

    I work from home incorporate IT but I still have to do training on how to pick up heavy boxes.

    Even when I was in the office the heaviest thing I tended to pick up was a toner cartridge.

    • TAG
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      51 year ago

      IT is definitely a job that has to know how to pick up heavy objects. I have a friend who was working as a consultant configuring corporate telephony systems. One time, he showed up to an install that was running a bit behind schedule. He stepped in to help finish the server room set up and ended up permanently damaging his back.

      • @LemmyIsFantastic
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        81 year ago

        Unless you’re working in a DC or service desk you ain’t lifting shit in most tech jobs.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        It’s a crazy vast field. Due to the uptake of the cloud this is becoming way less common.

    • @aidan
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      11 year ago

      Are you in the EU?

        • @aidan
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          41 year ago

          What. How do you not know what country your contract was signed in?

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Companies have to follow employment law in the country you’re in. But American companies often have to do local stuff like training videos as well.

            • @aidan
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              31 year ago

              Yeah, I worked for an American company in Europe, but I asked because at least the labor laws in my country required they showed me box lifting training too.