4th June 2013, 10:09 PM
BAJR Wrote:I may think it sounds darn good. I do recognise that world. Perhaps RedEarth is lucky! perhaps I am just bitter.
As Dino says. there are plenty of those that believe they are better than they are and plenty who need to learn ( through no fault of their own )
I like it. but I like disagreement as well. .. no need to abuse a fellow BAjrite though :face-confused:
I apologise for my use of language, but that was about my third choice of word. Maybe I am lucky but what Jack is describing is a fairly unpleasant world of paranoia, effectively bullying, and backward thinking.
Skills gap? How about training gap - how much training is going on to try to fix the defaults in these apparently useless, lazy, attitude-filled staff? Does Jack or his organisation make any effort to find out or is it sink or swim? Who would want to work for a company where you are apparently constantly watched for faults rather than helped to remedy them (and if you are on a short-term or 'self employed' contract with appalling conditions - such as being expected to travel to work and arrive 15 minutes early, literally come hell or high water - why would you give a fuck how you were perceived. I have heard tales of people basically speeding to site and putting themselves and others at risk to get there on time, which I fear Jack would applaud heartily as being the sort of positive attitude we should all have). Where's the motivation in any of this, the attempts to make things better rather than just berating people. Any new graduate reading this would be terrified. One could be mistaken for thinking that what you are actually trying to do is put anyone new off in order to maintain your own job, but obviously that can't be the case.
As for 'only diggers are archaeologists' - how insulting is that? So anyone who illustrates, processes finds, writes reports, puts together tenders, manages projects etc etc isn't an archaeologist by your definition. Keep dreaming.
I'm not saying there's nothing useful in any of it (if a bit egotistical) but it's the tone more than anything that I dislike.