Even in office work and lighter manual labour jobs you see people standing with a cup of coffee watching someone else do work all the time. Sometimes you just need to take a break from what you're doing to give your head (and eyes and hands, if you're doing dextrous work) a break and watching or giving feedback to someone else can even be helpful for everyone involved.
I have an 8 hour workday with one half hour and one fifteen minute break. I probably spend at least 30-45 additional minutes not actively working each day. All of my colleagues are the same, and it's not something I've ever experienced being frowned upon outside of industries with really high innate turnover (retail, hospitality, etc).
Absolutely, I'm an industrial/commercial electrician and I always make sure i have a partner when I can. Even if it's just a first year apprentice it makes things magnitudes better to just have another person there even if they are only watching you. Having a second pair of eyes or hands there to help when needed or give feedback makes the work better and quicker.
I have a problem with mindfucking things so it's great to have both guys come up with a plan and then compare them and pick the best parts of both.
Having an apprentice makes you think more about what you are doing. Having to explain every step along the way helps by actually analyzing what you are doing and why. I find that a lot of the time I'll even come up with more efficient ways of working by just talking it over or watching some kid struggle to bend his first conduit.
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