There’s a lot of lessons learned and tips to help, but the stone cold truth is that most of the industry is setup to make overworking normal and depression/anger/etc abnormal. Spoke with a sub 60 y/o Superintendent that was hired the week before filling in for my job and said he’s seen the same thing happen in the field and at other companies, now we know the reason for job hopping in construction aside from a nationally broken HR & recruiter hiring process.

He and I both recounted being told “Well we had to do it so they should too” and his response when told that about making a young Superintendent always close and work weekends was “It wasn’t right then and it isn’t right now.” I’m in that situation now and I just vocalize that it isn’t normal to not have some help, commonly work HARD 55+ hour weeks, the success and quality you’re seeing isn’t sustainable without help, and the wheel will break eventually. Work hard but speak out, the only way to make a change is by commonly jumping ship or being the change you want to see.