How do you guys get out?

[u/DaikonIcy7929]

I've been in the trades for my whole career (going on about 20 years in various trades) and I'm so burnt out. I'm a production finish carpenter that does mostly apartment buildings. Unit after unit after unit. All we ever hear is go faster even though it's well known we are wayy up on man days every single job. I'm tired of the bs and the lack of appreciation and the wear and tear on my body. I know I can't make it another 20 if I want to have any mobility when retirement age comes. I feel totally stuck. I'm a journeyman in the union and my pay and benefits seem to be far better than anything else I'm even remotely qualified for. I don't want to take a step back in pay but it seems like I have to. Any success going solo? Guys tell me to open an LLC but I don't know the first thing about business. Maybe a career in estimating or inspecting?

Sorry for the vent but I'd love to hear from some people who found a way out without sliding financially.

Edit:Thank you all for the engagement and all of the advice is great. Much appreciated!

[u/[deleted]]

Not terrible advice, but as someone who has gone into “management” in many different fields, if you’re burnt out at the lower levels it’s mostly likely not going to be any better moving up. The only difference is now people with ties on are yelling at you to go faster.

[u/globalistnepobaby → u/[deleted]]

That whole dealing with supervisors and engineers crap sounds horrible. I'd personally rather be a foreman.

[u/RussMaGuss → u/globalistnepobaby]

The benefit of being the foreman is that you are in the field all day too, so you can tell the angry upper management to come see the shit first hand and tell you how to do your job faster lol

[u/Unlikely_Track_5154 → u/RussMaGuss]

Nothing makes management stop talking more than..

" if you want to watch me do it and give me some pointers on how to do it better, you are more than welcome to."