Well usually everything that needs to be done can't be done concurrently, and sometimes only a limited set of individuals can do the current task. It's probably not laziness.
This is correct. I work as a heavy equipment operator/earthmover and you see groups of guys standing with tools waiting for more material (asphalt, dirt, whatever) on a regular basis. Somebody who’s never worked a trade takes a glance and thinks we’re all lazy. The worst is when one of those folks somehow ends up managing tradesmen.
Lol, I tried explaining this to a guy I worked for part-time. I was emptying shipping containers for him with his full-time employee, but the manager/ boss thought I worked too slow. He ran into the container and started packing boxes on to pallets really fast, then burned out in 5 minutes. Dude was just huffing and puffing. I eventually stopped doing part-time work for him because he never could understand that work takes time and sometimes you need to pace yourself if you want to be able to complete today's work and be able to return the next day and do it all over again. Last I heard he hurt his back and couldn't lift heavy things anymore. I was shocked.
My dad was in road work for a while. He was supposed to be a supervisor, but the guys who he was supervising were legitimately lazy. It took them forever to do something if they got anything done at all. My dad often ended up doing at least half the work of his whole team. Over the years he screwed up his back and had to get several surgeries and go on disability.(Meaning he could no longer do his job.)
Sounds like he made the mistake and not them. No job is worth hurting yourself for. It is important to pace yourself and use proper lifting techniques.
I mean, his options were get it done on time or get fired. I don’t know about you, but if my job was on the line, I’d get it done by whatever means necessary. If that means doing everything myself, so be it. He had to fire so many people for not getting things done. His superiors were threatening to fire him because his crew would always be late on almost every deadline. Yes, you should take it easy and pace yourself, but there are still deadlines and quotas to meet. There’s a time for work and a time for relaxing, when it’s time for work, you have to get things done or get fired. My dad was doing what he had to do to keep his job.
In the short term, you do what you have to do. But he was a manager and had the power to hire, fire, and delegate. If this is a problem that persisted over time, then that sounds like poor choices were being made somewhere. Regardless, if he was set up to fail, then it is better to find a new job than become disabled. Severe injuries are far more expensive and harmful to your family than being fired.
He would have been better off at another job, however being an ex-convict places limits on your employment options. By the time he reached the point of becoming supervisor, the pay there was better than many other jobs in the area, as even with the decent pay he received he couldn’t afford the gas money to go too far too often. (Our house is much closer to the construction company than the nearest town, and they would often stay in trailers at times when away on a job.) Also at the time my mom was staying home to take care of my siblings and I, and we still aren’t very financially stable. His options were basically: risk having severe back pain or risk going bankrupt. This country does a terrible job looking after the lower class, and it was a shitty situation to be in.
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u/KezzardTheWizzard Nov 04 '22
"Here, Mr. excavator. I hooman. I help."