On Aug 7, 10:29 pm, "Swingman" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
SNIP of comments I relate to daily...
> About the only relief I get from this constant barrage of crappy
workman****p
> is in _my_ shop, on _my_ projects, where I have control over the amount
of
> "pride of workman****p" that goes into it.
Amen. I like to take the time to fiddle over things to make them
right. It make ME feel good.
But having had employees or being responsible for them I have given
up. I tried for years to get these guys to understand that THEY
should be their own supervisors, and that THEY should be their own
quality control.
What a ****ing joke. When I would get a really good guy, I really
took care of him. But I have given up entirely on that now at this
stage of the game and try to help all my little sub contracting
buddies stay in business. They show up on time, and they also know if
they don't do it right, they won't get paid - AT ALL. Nothing.
(Yeah, yeah, before the pseudo attorneys start in, I know its against
the law to do that...)
I have a couple of really talented craftsmen that I use on a regular
basis, and they really care about their work. But the rest... they do
good work so they will get paid with no problems. I pay like a great
slot machine when things go well, but when they don't, the offenders
may catch a ***ulative effect and wind up paying for the bad work of
others as well as their own.
> Which is one reason why I have such a great deal of respect for guys
like
> Leon and Tom, who have reached a level where they can carefully pick and
> choose jobs where the exercise of that option is a given.
Me, too.
> One of these days ...
I'm paddling behind you Karl with that hope, but I have to tell you,
I'm gettin' powerful tired...
Robert
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