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I am divorced now, but I was married for 10 years.  Throughout my marriage I was under a lot of pressure to get a second job or change careers, because cutting meat just wasn't cutting it.

When I first met my exwife she thought I was in a promising trade that meant good money and a freezer full of steaks.  After a few years reality set in and she wasn't happy that my job combined with her teaching job wasn't getting us ahead in the world.  I made half of what she made. 

So then I started changing jobs to different stores that promised to pay more in 6 months, but that never panned out.  Then I started a small business that I did on my days off along with working deer shops during hunting seasons.  Sounds like an exhausting way to live, doesn't it?  

i am going to bet a lot of us have gone through that just to make ends meet, but the question is how does or did your spouse feel about you being a meat cutter?  Mine didn't like it and had a long list of complaints directly related to the job.  

NO I don't miss her I am just trying to get a conversation going here.  The board is too slow these days.  Any biters?



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If you were a meat cutter when you started dating and she knew you'd remain a meat cutter, then she or he shouldn't mind. I wouldn't marry or date a stripper and then be mad that she's stripping.
But for sure, we're not a "good catch". That's part of why I have never been married. I know they have better options. Especially here in Silicon Valley.
Most married meat cutters I've known with a working spouse make less money than the spouse. 


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I agree. She believed my own delusions that meat cutting would eventually lead to good money.

That is a good sub-topic. Is anyone holding off getting married until you have a better career or get promoted to meat god?

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We met on the job. She was the deli-wall clerk and shared the same walk in cooler. Even though she's gone on to other work, she's always been very supportive--even when I'm down on the job and myself and even when our holidays are f@#ked up because of the schedule.



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well im the odd man out I guess... my wife is fine with my job...it pays the bills and im happy here...haven't been happy with any job for many years... my future with my company looks bright...being here a year and starting at the bottom I have come to the decision that I have no where  to go but up...in the year u have been cutting I have received 2 raises... I am being considered for a asst mngr/ lead cutter spot...not to shabby for an old man lol... sorry to all those whose significant others have a problem with your choice of careers.



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Never was a problem to mine, but of course all mine came from the market except for this last one, she was a Bakery manager.  The trade always led to better paying positions for me.



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Fred,

First, sorry to hear about your divorce.  When I first started dating my wife, she was going to college for accounting and I for electrical engineering, but I was also working full time as a deli manager, then got a meat apprenticeship. I finished my apprenticeship in half the time (1 year instead of 2) and at the same time was promoted to asst. meat manager. Back then (early 70s) it was a decent trade. We got triple time on Sundays, double time on Saturday nights, time and 1/2 on evenings and overnight, plus if the store was open the Meat dept. was required to be manned at all times with a minimum number of cutters, so I typically worked 40 reg., 8-10 O.T. and 8 triple time per week.  Once I received my degree I went to a couple engineering interviews but they didn't offer half what I was making so I stayed in the trade (big mistake in the long run). Every contract things got worse.  My wife never complained about my job but she constantly complained that we did not have enough money. The best thing that ever happened to me was my decision to leave the trade.  And we are still married after 39 years, but a lot more comfortable financially.

 



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Never could understand even when we were in our own market. constant nag about getting out into something else even we lived ok. kids never went without-neither did she. moving to Florida killed it. Divorce is on the near horizon. just can't deal with it anymore

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i been cutting/butchering/ slaughtering for over 15 yrs, never married, money is good, I work full time for Hannafords here in Maine and I butcher at my shop in the fall when I am not working for Hannaford. I had a few relationships end because I am very very busy in the fall. work 40 hrs and then 20+ at home in the shop. I warned them that I am very busy and will make time for them, like dinner, movies, lil side trips, cabelas, anything tghey wanted to do.. their loss

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Meet my wife 34 years ago. I was a meat cutter then I'm still a meat cutter now. We have a great marriage. And I've made a good living. She didn't care to much for it when I was a Mgr. though.

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I am new to the trade, by choice after a layoff... Making less money at then before but less stress and overall happier... My wife is supportive and I love having off midweek to go to the zoo or other things with my son

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well I have been married for 32 years, in the business for 37 years now.My wife was raised in a meatcutter family,so I would say she enjoyed a pretty good life, besides moving a few time and me being a workolioc in the early days.Going through my cancer treatments she has been a trouper.So when I GO back to work I am sure she will be happy.all is good and the recovery is going good.My wife is my friend,my support and I support her.Lover her for putting up with a crazy guy like me.



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I'm only 25, and never married (although I came close once). Honestly I make more money than most people I know, except for the few I know who do are in white collar professions that work them 70+ hours a week and take their work home with them. I'm in the North East though so I guess wages may be high and also in a union shop. Sundays are time and a half and summer time comes with plenty of OT (also time and a half)
It might be relevant that this is a very blue collar area and most people are in dead end retail and service jobs.

But being unmarried, no kids and not much to pay for aside from an apartment and an auto loan I can't really talk on making a life at it.

That being said, with a new girl I always have a little bit of anxiety over the "I cut up dead animals for a living" conversation. That has gotten some less than comfortable looks from a few. Interestingly enough I dated a vegan who seemed fine with it. 

As for a better paying career, I have a bachelors degree, albeit not in something useful. I've definitely looked around and entry level white collar work doesn't pay as much as cutting meat. At best I've found a few prospects that are comparable. Frankly I like being on my feet. I've sat through a couple 5 hour job interviews last year and I don't like sitting on my ass that long but thats something that might change as I get older. Turns out the company will pay for you to get a degree if its business related... short term plan is become a meat manager, get a second bachelors or a graduate degree and check prospects from there. 



-- Edited by FishmanOiOi on Friday 6th of March 2015 01:30:17 AM



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fishman,,,,most women will find your job intriguing

women like a guy they are proud to introduce to their dad....."this is fishman he is a professional butcher"

some better than "he is a hairdresser"


you prepare meats so the public can buy and cook meals , plain and simple,,,doesn't make you a murderer or such


now if you are dating an "ewwww & ick" girl, that is dainty, is grossed out easily, borderline vegan,,,, then don't waste your time



I use to stand up proud when someone asked me what I did,,,im a professional butcher in a store"
never ever have I felt low or embarrassed

usually the girls father would say - so you can cut up my deer?? yes sir I can


and yes, I use to work a couple jobs - I worked cutting up wild game, and local critters after working in a store ... did this for years....under the table money
even when I was meat manager I did this

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HI,

nothing wrong with cutting meat for a living,,,, I enjoy it



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be proud!!!



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HI,, hold on cutting meat turns many women on , You could change like I did, put MD behind your name,,, meat dealer,,, plenty of does out there for you

keep cutting

 



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When i first started dating my now wife , i was wrapping meat and making chump change. When i took over as meat manager and the only meat cutter. I let her know that with my job was a 60 hr a week always on call job. Luckyly the pay has got better and i have got better at my job. She has a better job than me and brings home the bacon.i luckyly get to do what i love.

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ChefLazar5 wrote:

HI,

nothing wrong with cutting meat for a living,,,, I enjoy it

 Obviously there's nothing wrong being a meat cutter unless you're cutting poached game or something like that. Of course we're all biased here. You wouldn't join this site if you didn't have some pride in our trade. There's not much "wrong" with almost any honest job.

 I've never been ashamed of my job. However, I know I didn't live up to my potential. I'm happy with my life. I think about what I have rather than what I don't have. But I am the least successful person in my family, and like someone here already confirmed, if you're married, and your spouse works he/she probably makes more money than you.
I think it would be a terrible thing for any spouse to seriously dislike the fact that you're a meat cutter IF that's what you were when you met. Don't marry him/her if you don't like it. I think a better question might be "considering nothing else, personality, temperament, looks, etc, is a meat cutter a good catch"? 


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You know i take great pride in being a meat cutter. I work my ass off and i know that i do something 85 percent of other people would not want to do. I will proudly punch some one in the face for making fun of my job. I have worked sales jobs and wharehouse jobs and i will never go back.

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Tylerm7488 wrote:

....................... I will proudly punch some one in the face for making fun of my job...................

 

 Not your spouse I hope. The subject is "how does your spouse feel about it?"  



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A lot of spouses don't like all the women we deal with every day, afraid one will will steal us  lol

photo when I party_zpsafzsuqms.jpg



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apcowboy wrote:

A lot of spouses don't like all the women we deal with every day, afraid one will will steal us  lol

photo when I party_zpsafzsuqms.jpg

 That is my favorite part of the job



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I am unmarried but seeing a woman I would not be surprised to discover myself married to in the next year or so.

I do not make great money. It's that simple. I do better than many meat-cutters. I have not capped out salary wise. But, you know what? I carry top-tier medical insurance and dental insurance. I don't owe a dime to anybody. I own my own home outright. The secret is having a woman who understands that life is not about things but about serving the Lord and getting to Heaven. If she is chaste and noble and loves the holy Latin Mass and is dedicated to the poor and suffering, if she is willing to have a home like a little Nazareth, everything will be okay. Pray always.

Hard work and help from St. Joseph can get you anywhere. It might not be to where you want to go, but it will be to the right place. I cut meat because I desire to live the hidden life. Joseph supported his family without notice for 30 years before his death. He was a just man. A meat cutter is a man that everybody trusts to deliver flesh to their table. A mean cutter should be a just man.

Preachy Jim is done.

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As long as I can pay the bills lol what can she say

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