This culture kills people. It pressures a worker to skip safety checks to save time. It discourages them from reporting a faulty ladder because they don't want to look like a coward. We glorify the hero who works 72 hours straight, but we forget that a rested, safe worker is the one who actually comes home. COVID-19 redefined what profesión peligro means.
Is it $5,000 extra a year to clean skyscraper windows without a harness? Is it $10,000 to work in a crocodile farm? No. The math never adds up. No salary can compensate for the nightmares, the chronic back pain, the hearing loss from explosions, or the PTSD that wakes you up at 3 AM. Profesion peligro
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