I grew up my whole life in the shadow of heavy industry.
Like many of you Americans I assume.
I look around and see things and remember the fat around the edges,
and by that I mean men all kinds of them stumbling over each other as we struggled to make the steel or mine or make paper all those things that used to mean something in our ecconomy.
I know we can't turn the clock back.
But remember when:
You could tell your foreman to piss off and get lost because you had work to do?
It was his job to get you everyhting you needed plan ahead and provide suport and safety advice as needed.
What the hell happened to that?
A good boss was a real man that you trusted to look after you interests and you made him look good so everything happened as it should. The work got done and everyone was happy.
Now a foreman micro manages everything and runs like a rabbit because he is more scared of lossing his own job than making sure you have wha you need to do yours.
Remember the finnish go home overtimne job?
The boss said look here guys. We have an issue and I need this fixed tonight.
He ordered the Pizza and chicken wings and case of coke and you dod that job ASAP. Then you went home on the pre agreed amount of pay and everyone was happy. The problem was fixed, Boss and crew looked like Heros and everyone went home with a sence of pride.
Remember when a real boss was a man that said this is not something we can continue with......
Its not safe for example, and everyone would brain storm and find a way to make a bad thing less of that. A real boss would roll up his sleaves and jump in there and we got it done. Maybe we broke a rule or two but we did it and everything was fixed and life went on.
Remember when we had a Stewart.
And he locked horns with the foreman....
Then the doors closed and we solved the problem right there and then?
So, ME THINKS.....
Thats part of the reason we don't make steel and paper anymore.
We have bean counters and HR people and all kinds of General foreman and super intendents and managers with Univerity degrees and no idea what they are talking about who stick their noses in and prevent the kind of on the shop floor fixes from ever happening in the firts place....
No girly pictures on the b Board seems to be more important today then actualy doing something productive.....
I miss the old days.
I miss having a boss with a set of balls who would stand up to me when I was wrong or back me up when I was right. And the big bosses had no idea what we all did as long as the turns came off the line.
Thats whats wrong with the world according to me and it pains me to no end.
Sooner or later they will fire my ass I guess.
My boss hasn't the balls to take a stand and I'm scared of the HR girl half my age who writes me up for saying an off colour joke.
Sad world....
Like many of you Americans I assume.
I look around and see things and remember the fat around the edges,
and by that I mean men all kinds of them stumbling over each other as we struggled to make the steel or mine or make paper all those things that used to mean something in our ecconomy.
I know we can't turn the clock back.
But remember when:
You could tell your foreman to piss off and get lost because you had work to do?
It was his job to get you everyhting you needed plan ahead and provide suport and safety advice as needed.
What the hell happened to that?
A good boss was a real man that you trusted to look after you interests and you made him look good so everything happened as it should. The work got done and everyone was happy.
Now a foreman micro manages everything and runs like a rabbit because he is more scared of lossing his own job than making sure you have wha you need to do yours.
Remember the finnish go home overtimne job?
The boss said look here guys. We have an issue and I need this fixed tonight.
He ordered the Pizza and chicken wings and case of coke and you dod that job ASAP. Then you went home on the pre agreed amount of pay and everyone was happy. The problem was fixed, Boss and crew looked like Heros and everyone went home with a sence of pride.
Remember when a real boss was a man that said this is not something we can continue with......
Its not safe for example, and everyone would brain storm and find a way to make a bad thing less of that. A real boss would roll up his sleaves and jump in there and we got it done. Maybe we broke a rule or two but we did it and everything was fixed and life went on.
Remember when we had a Stewart.
And he locked horns with the foreman....
Then the doors closed and we solved the problem right there and then?
So, ME THINKS.....
Thats part of the reason we don't make steel and paper anymore.
We have bean counters and HR people and all kinds of General foreman and super intendents and managers with Univerity degrees and no idea what they are talking about who stick their noses in and prevent the kind of on the shop floor fixes from ever happening in the firts place....
No girly pictures on the b Board seems to be more important today then actualy doing something productive.....
I miss the old days.
I miss having a boss with a set of balls who would stand up to me when I was wrong or back me up when I was right. And the big bosses had no idea what we all did as long as the turns came off the line.
Thats whats wrong with the world according to me and it pains me to no end.
Sooner or later they will fire my ass I guess.
My boss hasn't the balls to take a stand and I'm scared of the HR girl half my age who writes me up for saying an off colour joke.
Sad world....