CHANGING FOR THE BETTER.
SUFFERING CAUSES GROWTH.
IT’S TRUE NOW.
IF YOU GO ON TIKTOK, YOU MAY
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE OF
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
THERE ARE WHITE-COLLAR EMPLOYEES
MARKETING MAJORS FROM DAVIDSON
FILMING THEMSELVES AT WORK AND
IT TURNS OUT THEY DON’T DO A LOT
LOT.
THEY TAKE A LOT OF BREAKS.
WE AREN’T BEING MEAN.
THESE ARE THEIR WORDS, TWITTER
EMPLOYEES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
>> WELCOME TO IT DAY IN MY LIFE
AS A TWITTER EMPLOYEE.
THIS PAST WEEK, WENT TO SF FOR A
FIRST TIME AT A TWITTER OFFICE,
BADGED IN.
IT TOOK A MOMENT TO SOAK IN
EVERYTHING.
STARTED MY MORNING OFF WITH --
THEN I HAD A MEETING.
QUICKLY SCHEDULED ONE OF THESE
ROOMS, WHICH WERE SO COOL, THEY
ARE LITERALLY NOISE CANCELING.
GOT READY FOR BRUNCH.
LOOK HOW DELICIOUS THIS FOOD
LOOKS.
I WAS SO OVERWHELMED.
MADE MY WAY DOWN TO THIS
LOG CABIN AREA.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS IS, BUT
IT’S REALLY COOL.
JUST KIND OF UNWIND A BIT.
ALSO, FOUND THIS REALLY COOL
MEDITATION ROOM.
>> MIKE ROWE HAS SPENT HIS LIFE
REPORTING ON WORK AND WORKING.
HE SAW THAT SEGMENT, REACHED
OUT, AND SAID THAT IT’S MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO SHOW THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE
DOING REAL WORK.
HE’S GOT A WHOLE SURE ABOUT THIS
CALLED "DIRTY JOBS" AND JOINS US
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
WHEN WE DID THAT SEGMENT, I
THOUGHT OF YOU BANGING OUT THAT
SCRIPT THE WHOLE TIME.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE KIND
OF ACTUAL WORK THAT MIKE ROWE
HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
TELLING THE REST OF US ABOUT.
>> YOU DIDN’T TELL ME YOU WERE
GOING TO DO THAT SEGMENT.
HAD I KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE
INSISTED ON FOLLOWING IT UP WITH
SOMETHING.
THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO DO
THAT NOW.
LET ME JUST SAY, I CAN’T REALLY
SPEAK FOR ANYBODY BUT ME, BUT I
WOULD BET BIG THAT MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE JUMPED OUT OF
THEIR CHAIRS, SCREAMED WORDS
THAT WE CAN’T REPEAT ON YOUR
PROGRAM AS A RESULT OF WATCHING
WHAT YOU SHOW THEM.
AGAIN, IT’S NOT ABOUT BEING
MEAN.
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH WORK, THE
DEFINITION OF WHAT A GOOD JOB
IS, THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
CONTROL.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
BETRAYALS OF WORK SHIFT.
I THINK PART OF THE REASON THE
DIRTY JOBS HAS BEEN ON THE AIR
FOR SO MANY YEARS, WE ARE THE
ANTIDOTE -- WE GO TO PLACES
WHERE THERE IS NO MEDITATION
ROOM.
THERE IS NO FIVE-STAR BREAKFAST
TO START THE DAY.
THERE IS THE BAGHOUSE AND THE
ASPHALT PLANT.
JUST EXAMPLE AFTER EXAMPLE, 350
JOBS WE HAVE DONE SO FAR OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL DOING
THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE WORK.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT A TON OF
DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT
FUNDAMENTALLY, OUR COUNTRY STILL
NEEDS TO BE REMINDED OF --
FORGIVE ME, I’M GOING TO SAY IT:
WHAT REAL WORK LOOKS LIKE.
>> IT’S INTERESTING, WHAT YOU
ARE CALLING REAL WORK IS -- THE
WORK THAT PEOPLE STOP DOING, WE
WOULD ALL PAY FOR IT
IMMEDIATELY.
YOU WOULD DIE IN A LOT OF CASES.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL INDISPENSABLE
WORK.
>> AND IT MAKES US ANGRY TO BE
REMINDED OF THAT.
WE DON’T LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE
ARE RELIANT AND DEPENDENT ON
SUCH A SMALL AND MARGINALIZED
CHUNK OF OUR WORKFORCE.
THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT GOOD NEWS,
SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME.
MIKE ROWE WORKS, MY FOUNDATION,
FOUNDED -- 15 YEARS AGO.
BASED ON THE LAST HOWEVER MANY
YEARS, WE’VE RAISED OVER
$6 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE ARE AWARDED THAT MONEY TO
OVER 1500 PEOPLE WHO ARE
WELDING, STEAM FITTING,
PIPE FITTING, PLUMBING.
THEY ARE THRIVING AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
YOU SEE THAT IT STILL POSSIBLE
TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS
LIKE PROSPERITY IF YOU MASTER A
SKILL THAT IS IN DEMAND.
A SHAMELESS PLUG.
WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
TAPPING THE COUNTRY ON THE
SHOULDER AS YOU HAVE DONE, AND
REMINDING THEM THAT REAL JOBS
STILL EXIST, 11 MILLION OF THEM
ARE OUT THERE.
THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
EVERYTHING.
DON’T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU
OTHERWISE.
>> I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT
THESE BEING MARGINAL.
THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE GUYS WHO LOOK AT ASPHALT
PLANTS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR