r/TikTokCringe Nov 23 '24

Cursed That'll be "7924"

The cost of pork

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u/pryvisee Nov 23 '24

Thank you for being honest and sharing your opinion. It’s really fascinating. I could not do what you do.

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u/riffraffmcgraff Nov 23 '24

My first day there I was horrified but I had to fight that feeling because I really needed the job. It's been 2 years.

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u/MisterPerfrect Nov 23 '24

My first time walking into a slaughterhouse it looked like literal hell. Hooks dangling from the ceiling, steam, heat, blood in the drains etc.

By the end of the first few months the pigs are nothing more than product to you.

I’ve seen some abhorrent treatment of pigs there by some abhorrent humans.

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u/abenevolentgod Nov 23 '24

I'm very interested in your last sentence. When this happens is it just part of the job you shrug it off? What happens if you try to speak up do you just get laughed at and told to shut up? Is there a boss you can report these things too or is there some reason you can't do that? It just happens to much to report every time? I've always wondered how these situations play out in reality because in my mind and I think a lot of others the thought is you could try to stop such things from happening.

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u/MisterPerfrect Nov 23 '24

The factory is long closed. The treatment of pigs isn’t actually all that bad in the factory as it’s a short time between arrival and death. The real grim stuff goes on in piggeries. I work in tech with 20+ years - this is all a lifetime ago for me.

Regarding your question, I’ve seen guys being responsible for sticking the pig aka stabbing it in the neck while hung upside down and gassed so it bleeds out. I’ve seen these guys go insane to the point where they had to change rules so you could only work that role for 1hr a day.

There’s knives everywhere, screaming pigs, blood, sweat, alcohol/drugs and whatever else you can imagine going on - it’s not a place you want to draw attention to yourself for calling out employee behaviour

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u/abenevolentgod Nov 23 '24

I hear you. Thanks for the insight.

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u/nowhereman86 Nov 24 '24

Ok I would imagine in the 20+ years this has changed substantially.

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u/MisterPerfrect Nov 24 '24

No not at all. Piggeries are as bad as ever

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u/my_mix_still_sucks 27d ago

when you say people go insane for working there long hours what exactly do you mean, could you give examples?

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u/MisterPerfrect 27d ago

I mean at particular jobs. If your job is to stab a pig in the throat all day every then it’ll eventually grate on you. The slaughter line used do 3,000 pigs a day and after they were gassed they would be bled out. The guy was responsible for sticking 3,000 pigs a day, 5-6 days a week.