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The week my foreman yelled at me for saving 40 man hours on a drywall job
We were hanging board on a 3 story office build in Portland last month. I figured out we could use a crew of 3 with a panel lift instead of 5 guys hand carrying everything. Foreman got pissed because he said I was cutting into overtime and making the other guys look bad. But the PM loved it. Ended up finishing two days early. So do we work to be efficient or to keep the crew happy? What do you guys do when a process change messes with the status quo?
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averywright3d ago
Figure out if your foreman was angrier about lost OT or losing control of his crew?
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viola_butler3d ago
Oh man, that's rough. Was the foreman mostly mad about losing the OT for the guys or did he take it as you going over his head? lol I've been in similar spots where you find a better way to do things and the old timer gets all defensive. It sucks when doing a good job makes you the bad guy with your own crew. Hope the PM at least had your back when the dust settled.
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