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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
I don't want hard workers, I want smart workers and I want people with initiative - the latter is rare.
I don't mind people bludging as long as they get the work done and they can do process improvement, step into other roles and show initiative to think on their feet, we've got what you would term 'hard workers' in our production facility, mostly old blokes.
But they're all running out the door at 4PM when the siren goes and they've never tried to improve anything in their lives, one guy has been out there for 15 years and knows nothing other than the one product he has been assembling for 15 years, how do you work somewhere for 15 years and only learn one thing? Technically he's a hard worker but he's not worth the wages, he would be the first on my hit list if I was running the show, we've sacked 20 blokes on our production floor and we're turning out significantly more work than we ever have in the past - they're being managed by someone with a god damn clue in structure and organisation.
They work hard, but they've never lifted a finger to improve production methods, cross train, self improve etc, the majority of the workforce on the production floor, I can do their job, they can't do mine.
Chinese people work hard too, and they work hard for a 10th of what our production staff get paid, but they don't value add - so value add.
With me last year I didn't even ask for more money they just threw an extra 10% at me, I didn't even ask for a review.
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Ofcourse you want smart workers, but just because you know your job well, still means you can be lazy.
As an apprentice i worked for a bit under a really smart guy who came unstuck as he could go straight to the source of an issue, get it done in 15 minutes, know he could charge say 2 hours, charge said 2 hours and go shopping. His undoing was a random site visit from my boss who waited on site until he returned from going shopping. So understandibly my boss went nuts. All im getting at is you go places, get those pay reviews and earn your keep if you get good at your chosen career and put in the effort.