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Spineless Boss
I use to work in a place that made electrical control panels for paint booths. Not just any kind of paint booth, big ones! We’re talking, 747 aircraft size paint booths! I loved my job, and my work, I took great pride in what I did.
My boss was a great guy, easy to get along with, knew his stuff, great father to his daughter, devoted husband, all around great guy. He had one problem though; he didn’t like to confront anyone.
Our shop had four guys in it counting myself. Everyone got along great, except for one person, the only smoker in the group. The only guy that felt he was better then anyone else because he was a fast production worker and his work showed it. He often would place our company’s name plate on the front of the control panels crooked, and if it were a sticker label, it would have a dozen bubbles under it. But he got the job done faster then anyone else.
He had a set schedule for his additional smoking breaks, usually four additional breaks in a day. Our regular schedule day was; start at 6 am, first break at 8:15, half hour lunch at 11:30 second break at 2 pm then leave at 4:30. His working day added a smoking break at 7, 10, 1, and then at 3. Everyday this dick would go out and smoke while everyone else continued working.
This added stress to me and the other two guys in the shop. Why should he get the right to have so many additional breaks lasting 10 to 15 minutes each? So I brought my concern to our boss, and he said “since smoking isn’t an illegal substance there’s nothing he can do about it”. Never mind everyone was getting on edge because of this one guys habits.
The kicker was when I caught my boss and this dick outside (while he was on one of his smoking breaks) bad mouthing everyone else’s work, and that we’re all slow and worthless and no one works as fast as he does so he deserves the breaks, blah blah blah…
To make a long long story short, I got fired for taking breaks when this jerk would go out for his cigarette breaks. I would sit back and read a magazine at my bench while he would go out and smoke, and I’m the bad one!!
All I can tell my boss is, you fired the wrong guy! How can you pick quantity over quality?
Because that is what North American products are, typically, anymore. Quantity over quality. I think it's safe to say that most products are done half-assed and a lot of employees and employers don't even care. Until of course they BUY one of those products themselves. It's a rare company that actually takes pride in good quality....a lot of them say they do, but they still cut corners when no one's watching.
Obviously in your case, the smoker is buddies with the boss, so you are pretty much out of luck. I suppose in time the lousy work will catch up to them, but for now, you'll be the odd man out. Or at least you were, since you were fired. Good riddance. I say. Go get a job where employees are treated equally (hahah, now there's a joke for ya!). Ok, as equally as one can find.
Smoke got in your eyes?
Wuss.
SM
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