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<blockquote data-quote="lovetokayak" data-source="post: 241223" data-attributes="member: 9881"><p>"Well, according to a USA Today article many years back, only 6% of the work force is female. Out of 50 odd drivers in my center, only three drive. Not sexism, just not many, girls/women can hack the part-time physical work that you have to go through to get to full time. Actually, it's a good conditioning for the work as a driver. I still do not see how a female hired off the street as a driver could make it."</p><p> </p><p>I am one of those "off the street hire female drivers" who so far could make it. I have to agree with you helen, that this job is very physically demanding on a woman's body. I think I made it this far, because I've always been athletic and in my previous job I had to lift and work with large and heavy objects. </p><p> </p><p>For me the biggest challenge is to try and stay safe and unhurt. I want to make sure at the end of the day I can go home to my kids injury free, so I can spend some time with them. Sometimes when in warehouses loading up during pick-ups couple hundred 35-50lbs. packages, I keep telling myself to just pay attention not to slip, to grip packages well, so I won't end up in the hospital. I do love my job though, and wouldn't change it for anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovetokayak, post: 241223, member: 9881"] "Well, according to a USA Today article many years back, only 6% of the work force is female. Out of 50 odd drivers in my center, only three drive. Not sexism, just not many, girls/women can hack the part-time physical work that you have to go through to get to full time. Actually, it's a good conditioning for the work as a driver. I still do not see how a female hired off the street as a driver could make it." I am one of those "off the street hire female drivers" who so far could make it. I have to agree with you helen, that this job is very physically demanding on a woman's body. I think I made it this far, because I've always been athletic and in my previous job I had to lift and work with large and heavy objects. For me the biggest challenge is to try and stay safe and unhurt. I want to make sure at the end of the day I can go home to my kids injury free, so I can spend some time with them. Sometimes when in warehouses loading up during pick-ups couple hundred 35-50lbs. packages, I keep telling myself to just pay attention not to slip, to grip packages well, so I won't end up in the hospital. I do love my job though, and wouldn't change it for anything. [/QUOTE]
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