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Engineers/Construction Workers?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:41 pm
Do yal find that the current crop of engineers and field workers lack common sense these days? I'm sure I was like that at the start as well, but lately this kids are driving me crazy.
Just today I'm calling up to site to see if a transformer has been installed. For a week I've been asking about it and people have been looking into reports about whether it's been progressed and when they couldn't find that they're looking at the cable reports because if the cables have been terminated then you can deduce that the transformer is installed and blah blah blah.
Finally today I had to borderline yell at this kid to just go to the fvcking spot and see if there's a transformer there or not. Is this the way all sites are now? Everyone just sitting behind computers?
Just curious.
/Rant
Just today I'm calling up to site to see if a transformer has been installed. For a week I've been asking about it and people have been looking into reports about whether it's been progressed and when they couldn't find that they're looking at the cable reports because if the cables have been terminated then you can deduce that the transformer is installed and blah blah blah.
Finally today I had to borderline yell at this kid to just go to the fvcking spot and see if there's a transformer there or not. Is this the way all sites are now? Everyone just sitting behind computers?
Just curious.
/Rant
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Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:42 pm to FootballNostradamus
Robots in disguise.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:44 pm to FootballNostradamus
Sorry man
I was reading the game of thrones thread and didn't feel like getting up
I was reading the game of thrones thread and didn't feel like getting up
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:44 pm to FootballNostradamus
who are you working with?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:53 pm to FootballNostradamus
Industrial?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:54 pm to junkfunky
Working on an LNG project.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:56 pm to FootballNostradamus
Which one?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 9:59 pm to FootballNostradamus
I ask because the only time I really had to deal with a young (my age 
) turd at a site was on a desulfurization project and he was the son of the construction company's project manager. His dad wasn't all that great but he was a complete waste of space and "infallible".
) turd at a site was on a desulfurization project and he was the son of the construction company's project manager. His dad wasn't all that great but he was a complete waste of space and "infallible".Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:00 pm to FootballNostradamus
I guarantee that if you were to hire me, that wouldn't happen.
Schools these days teach kids how to follow directions and color inside the lines. They are great at giving a set of parameters and letting them find the answer based on those parameters. However, if walls are thrown up in front of them, they often fail to see the larger picture on how to get around C in order to get from A to B. They require a lot of coaching at the start of their careers to get out of that one track mindset that has been drilled into their heads through their 17 years + of schooling.
Schools these days teach kids how to follow directions and color inside the lines. They are great at giving a set of parameters and letting them find the answer based on those parameters. However, if walls are thrown up in front of them, they often fail to see the larger picture on how to get around C in order to get from A to B. They require a lot of coaching at the start of their careers to get out of that one track mindset that has been drilled into their heads through their 17 years + of schooling.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:07 pm to FootballNostradamus
Unfortunately, work ethic is not taught in school and it shows. I grew up working construction and it is by far the best thing I could have done.
When the heat gets put on some people they just fold. It is what it is.
When the heat gets put on some people they just fold. It is what it is.
This post was edited on 4/9/14 at 8:20 am
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:09 pm to FootballNostradamus
quote:
kids
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:18 pm to AutoYes_Clown
The sad thing is, they think they are working really hard and have it bad and you don't understand what they are going though.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:19 pm to FootballNostradamus
Are you hiring? I can do a better job...
This post was edited on 4/8/14 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:24 pm to FootballNostradamus
Most People in my graduating class do not even know what a bushing is, how a pump works or even what a gasket is much less how to install them
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:26 pm to Bushmaster
Gorgon
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:26 pm to lsu777
I know how to do all of that but I don't have a job
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:28 pm to Bullfrog
quote:
The sad thing is, they think they are working really hard and have it bad and you don't understand what they are going though.
That's the thing. I don't think he's a total slapdick cause every time I talk to him he's freaking out and telling me how he checked this report and that database and crossreferenced with the Bible, and I'm thinking why the fvck are you doing all that?!?!
IT'S OUTSIDE! All that data bullshite is for Project Controls dorks.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:29 pm to FootballNostradamus
I think degrees are basically being given out these days. I've met EEs who don't know what a circuit breaker is.
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:30 pm to FootballNostradamus
Know how I know you're getting old?
Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:37 pm to Sleazy E
No its not be given out at all, its just all they teach is theory now a days because most professors have never been in the field. Mcneese had a bunch of good ones but many are retiring now and are being replaced by drs without their PE. Makes a big difference if a professor has worked in the field or not.
Because its all theory its harder for me.
Because its all theory its harder for me.
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