13th August 2010, 02:27 PM
FedUp Wrote:We are not saving the world, curing cancer or changing people's lives and whilst we think we're important the sad truth is that the majority of other contractors you find on site simply don't think we are.
A degree of professionalism is needed just to make sure that people put up with us.
Is this not a contradiction in terms? I don't care what the contractor thinks. It's just an excuse I hear time and time again to explain why we did a half arsed job. Why should they take us seriously when we don't ourselves. Just because they don't like us doesn't mean we should cut corners or reduce the quality of our work. Many developers are aggressive in the way they speak, its how they deal with each other. It's how we need to be back. explain what we have, how long it will take and why there are variables. It works. They don't like it sometimes but at the end of the day tough. We are there to fulfil part of there planning consent not just to tinker and play with our little obsession. If you want professionalism then show developer's that what we do is important and part of the process they NEED to undertake.