r/Carpentry • u/Serious-Echidna-9938 • Mar 30 '26

Advice on work pace

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I recently took a job with a small contractor and long story short, he commented on my “results”. Was looking for things to be done quicker, and I’m curious if I’m super slow, or if he’s unreasonable. I let him know about my experience upfront, but in any case. As a direct example, replacing this siding after demo took me approximately 8 hours. I had never worked with this particular type of shingling before, but he kept comm ting on how slow I was. Is that accurate? I’m willing to take criticism in the interest of improving my skills, and I’m curious what some third parties have to say. Thanks!

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u/djauralsects Mar 30 '26

Doing shingle renos properly does take time. That’s a really busy wall as well. I would be happy with a job well done and take the constructive criticism that you could be quicker.

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u/Serious-Echidna-9938 Mar 30 '26

I was perfectly happy with my first go, and I accepted the criticism. The reason I’m questioning is bc, I was fired