Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Good for you. -

Tell us about the house.



humfrz

5br, 3.5ba, colonial with an oversized garage (of course) on a bit over an acre. Let's just say it's a pretty big upgrade from my current house.

And if if the inspections go well it will be mine (ok my wife's ) before February.

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by wolffbite

If you have to write up 13 employees every year for attendance... why are they still working there? Are there no consequences to being written up? Like dadhawk said, sounds like a management issue.

Being young and entitled is only a problem if they are allowed to get away the behavior.

you mean.. we have to punish them? (spankings allowed still??)

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

DUDE! I have made about a thousand engineer pokes. It is one of my main hobbies. All of a sudden it is taken seriously?


Like every other job in the world there are good engineers and bad ones. Unfortunately the more brilliant they are the less social skills or common sense they seem to have. Sort of like teachers.

So, are you calling me stupid or socially inept?!?


. <-- this is a joke

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So, are you calling me stupid or socially inept?!?


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I mean you are a self acclaimed engineer so.......

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

I mean you are a self acclaimed engineer so.......

So I'm calling me stupid or socially inept. Excuse me while I take myself out back and show me a thing or two...

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So I'm calling me stupid or socially inept. Excuse me while I take myself out back and show me a thing or two...

again, you guys do that, right? situation normal hahaha (only speaking as a prior nuke engineer)

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by wolffbite

If you have to write up 13 employees every year for attendance... why are they still working there? Are there no consequences to being written up? Like dadhawk said, sounds like a management issue.

Being young and entitled is only a problem if they are allowed to get away the behavior.

3 write ups in a year is termination. Their department manager was canned the beginning of this month.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by wolffbite

If you have to write up 13 employees every year for attendance... why are they still working there? Are there no consequences to being written up? Like dadhawk said, sounds like a management issue.

Being young and entitled is only a problem if they are allowed to get away the behavior.

We fire 3 or 4 a month. The new guys start and immediately start missing work. We fire them. We keep about 20% a year that actually show up. There is also a very low unemployment rate in our area so there are very few even looking for work to start with.
It can be a management issue but that all depends on the whole picture so automatically pointing the finger is not accurate.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So, are you calling me stupid or socially inept?!?


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Well not stupid...

It is a fun stereotype.


https://www.quora.com/Why-are-engine...cially-awkward

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

If you can do end user device support (workstations, printers, scanners, etc) and are willing to live near Atlanta, IM me. I have two openings.

"hello, support"

"i see. have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?"

"well, if that didn't work, it sounds serious. let me escalate this to the senior staff"


when do i start?

edit: dangit. tcoat beat me to it.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

We fire 3 or 4 a month. The new guys start and immediately start missing work. We fire them. We keep about 20% a year that actually show up. There is also a very low unemployment rate in our area so there are very few even looking for work to start with.
It can be a management issue but that all depends on the whole picture so automatically pointing the finger is not accurate.

That is some of our issue. The ones that want to work are working already. We are scraping the bottom of the barrel to fill entry level jobs.

Some of our issue was also their recently booted department manager. He missed as much work as they did and was extremely lax. This leeched into other departments as people would see him not doing shit, and be like, "why am I trying so hard then?"

Back in the day we would just yell "doughnuts!" at whoever was late until they brought some in for break time. Public ribbing and being shamed to spend their own money was pretty effective at quelling those issues. Now that is workplace harassment

[NoHaveMSG]

11 tries later I have a 3D printed nut that fits. I may not be smart but I am persistent

This damn free CAD software is a pain to specify thread diameter and pitch with.

[wolffbite]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

We fire 3 or 4 a month. The new guys start and immediately start missing work. We fire them. We keep about 20% a year that actually show up. There is also a very low unemployment rate in our area so there are very few even looking for work to start with.
It can be a management issue but that all depends on the whole picture so automatically pointing the finger is not accurate.

Fair enough. Ultimately the employees fault if they get fired for breaking rules they know about.

Unfortunately sometimes a "bad" employee sticks around because you need the capacity they bring and you can't easily find a better replacement.

[wolffbite]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

11 tries later I have a 3D printed nut that fits. I may not be smart but I am persistent

This damn free CAD software is a pain to specify thread diameter and pitch with.

Nice! What printer and software?

One of my first prints was an alternate spool holder that had a printed thread/nut. I didn't design the model myself but I quickly learned how important it was to calibrate the dimensional accuracy and extrusion rate of my printer for parts like this...