12th May 2008, 07:15 PM
Ah... titles...
I remember (and I sure many of us will) one site and one particluar supervisor .. he had just come out of Uni and of course walked into a 'higher job' than us diggers who were without (though not all) degrees. he had a whopping 10 weeks on Uni digs.. while most of us had been in the field for years - by that time I had been digging for just on 9 years ... Would he listen? Nope.. would he put people to tasks that suited them? nope... He knew best! so I was put onto site photography (even though I was a damn fine planner.. with a 1:20 laser eye) and another who was superb at photography, was put on shovelling out a ditch, while a person with a great deal of knowledge on excavating skellies was told to join him, while an archaeologist who was better than most at animal bones, she was the planner, even though she told him, it was not really her strong point. he had decided.. and therefore, we should listen to the great supervisor .. Caused no end of resentment, and even between us, as the photographer watched me struggle with the site photos, and I kept on looking over the planners shoulder....etc....
Heirarchy only works (IMHO) when - as DDL says, people listen to each other, yes somebody has to take the decision, but it always makes me think of the cliched War film, where the sarge advises the Loootenant, the Private has a unique skill that they can use, and everyone plays to their strengths.
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
I remember (and I sure many of us will) one site and one particluar supervisor .. he had just come out of Uni and of course walked into a 'higher job' than us diggers who were without (though not all) degrees. he had a whopping 10 weeks on Uni digs.. while most of us had been in the field for years - by that time I had been digging for just on 9 years ... Would he listen? Nope.. would he put people to tasks that suited them? nope... He knew best! so I was put onto site photography (even though I was a damn fine planner.. with a 1:20 laser eye) and another who was superb at photography, was put on shovelling out a ditch, while a person with a great deal of knowledge on excavating skellies was told to join him, while an archaeologist who was better than most at animal bones, she was the planner, even though she told him, it was not really her strong point. he had decided.. and therefore, we should listen to the great supervisor .. Caused no end of resentment, and even between us, as the photographer watched me struggle with the site photos, and I kept on looking over the planners shoulder....etc....
Heirarchy only works (IMHO) when - as DDL says, people listen to each other, yes somebody has to take the decision, but it always makes me think of the cliched War film, where the sarge advises the Loootenant, the Private has a unique skill that they can use, and everyone plays to their strengths.
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu