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Thought for Today
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A person may fail many times, they only become a failure when they blame someone else John Burrows
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The most junior member of the design team was sacked due to the failure and a revised design without the input of this obviously incompetent engineer that didn't see the glaring issues that caused the failure .....Riverlander wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:20 am When the first design of the drawing board failed what did they go back to ?
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Re: Thought for Today
T1, are you sure that you have never worked in the public service? That's exactly how it works. Or if the young kid comes up with a good idea........
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They went back to the… oh.Riverlander wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:20 am When the first design of the drawing board failed what did they go back to ?
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If the most junior member of team comes up with a brilliant/logical solution to a problem, he/she is immediately reassigned or dismissed and the manager takes the solution to the board/senior management as their own, taking all credit and usually a generous bonus or pay rise.T1 Terry wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:08 pmThe most junior member of the design team was sacked due to the failure and a revised design without the input of this obviously incompetent engineer that didn't see the glaring issues that caused the failure .....Riverlander wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:20 am When the first design of the drawing board failed what did they go back to ?
I speak from experience…

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Regards & God bless,
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"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
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"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
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Coconuts are mammals because they have fur and produce milk.. 

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Or, as a casual, get regularly called back for a 3 mth stint, even though I was the highest paid fitter in the place. Because I couldn't submit ideas to management to get the brownie points and bonuses, I shared my ideas with my leading hand, explaining only part of how the idea worked .... but it did sound like a complete package at the timeGreynomad wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:44 amIf the most junior member of team comes up with a brilliant/logical solution to a problem, he/she is immediately reassigned or dismissed and the manager takes the solution to the board/senior management as their own, taking all credit and usually a generous bonus or pay rise.T1 Terry wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:08 pmThe most junior member of the design team was sacked due to the failure and a revised design without the input of this obviously incompetent engineer that didn't see the glaring issues that caused the failure .....Riverlander wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:20 am When the first design of the drawing board failed what did they go back to ?
I speak from experience…![]()

It took the management team probably 2 yrs in total to realise they were actually my ideas and they only got sorted when they brought me back ..... so I got more votes when the thing wouldn't work

After getting shafted big time by the workshop foreman and the leading hand with the Friday lunch time no offer of week end over time and my finish up at knock off time (that was clearly coming) I planned my revenge over the next 3 mths waiting to get called up again, actually delaying the start 3 times so they were in real trouble by the time I did start

Christmas was coming and I knew my time was limited, so I planted the idea that one fitter and two indians could do the job rather than tying up all the fitters on one build ..... I didn't mention my interpretation of an "Indian" was a TA,(trade-assistant), not an actual Indian labour import

Over the next 3 mths I had phone calls from just about every fitter that was still there, they had employed 20 Indian labour imports to replace me, each paid $20hr, and the place was pure chaos because unless the whip was being cracked, this new workforce just sat on their a*rse .... they couldn't be given multiple tasks or even a single task to complete without them being watched while they were actually doing it ....


Scored a new job within 15 mins from home, better pay and open ended overtime, but I really did enjoy the crane assembly job better than just about any other I'd had with the labour hire mob.
T1 Terry
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Why old guys don't get hired..
Human Resource Manager : "What would you say is your greatest weakness ? "
Old Guy applicant : " My Honesty............"
Human Resource Manager : " well, I don't think Honesty is a weakness....."
Old guy applicant : " I don't give a f--k what you think "
Lets see if the good ol FB will see it like that later on tonight?? Might get a month for honesty

Human Resource Manager : "What would you say is your greatest weakness ? "
Old Guy applicant : " My Honesty............"
Human Resource Manager : " well, I don't think Honesty is a weakness....."
Old guy applicant : " I don't give a f--k what you think "
Lets see if the good ol FB will see it like that later on tonight?? Might get a month for honesty


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