Ralph Cramden wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
My cousin has been a diesel truck mechanic since '93. He once said the turn around rate on the mechanic's that come to the shop has been getting worse. These young guys just don't want to work and then they complain they don't make any money.
^ This. And I'm still trying to gauge, in my industry, if it's a function of the (great) economy, the snowflake generation (don't think so, our turnover isn't limited to millennials in the least), or what it is.
We have a fair amount of turnover and a sub group that we "should" turnover, but don't seem to be getting any A league replacements.
Example, hired a dedicated scheduler. Big construction, constant CPM schedule creation and updates on all projects and pursuits. Guy was/is pretty good P6 scheduler as in he knows the software well. Had a gravy job. 7:30-4 ish was usually all he was good for and we allowed that. Took more than average time off for "family" things like have to pick up the kids from ____ type stuff. Salary was good for the hours he put in and our bennys are great.
He just drug up, no warning.
I'm sure it's the same in the mechanic biz.
What is the comp package offered LOL. BTW I camp a lot which requires me to leave early once in awhile, I hate setting up in the dark.
Seeing that I am the PM, Estimator, Project Eng, Super, and at times the laboror or truck driver, that sure seems like a cushy position. Not sure about WA however, I hear it rains a lot which has to play hell with the critical path. Dont it suck when they drag up like that?
Market here is so bananas we can’t hire or keep people. And I work for an employee owned company with better Benny’s and potential for personal profit (employee ownership) than most.
On the rain thing, yeah the owners just bend ya over, make you sign up for unreasonable schedules and then just “forgive” the LDs and make the contractor eat the extra cost. Of course that’s not just with the weather. ALL the public entities I’ve built work for here in the past half dozen years are now pre programmed to deny everything, not follow their own spec unless it’s to their benefit, lie and get away with it.
If you don’t want to play, there’s 3 more contractors ready to move in and take their lumps.
