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  1. Xofa

    Jerkholes at the office

    I have also worked with "pseudo-engineers" (people who are placing in engineering positions that do not have an analytical thought process). They are generally difficult to deal with as they tend to be defensive, critical, and political more often than analytical. My other observation is that...
  2. Xofa

    Will Discipline Help?

    The operators are not cleaning up after themselves. From a morale perspective I agree that everyone should clean up after themselves. But from a financial perspective having a skilled tradesman cleaning is not a good use of their time if the same cleaning can be done at a lower labor rate...
  3. Xofa

    What to do about George...

    I'm question the benefit of keeping constructive criticism to yourself during your exit interview with HR. It is the job of HR to address certain issues within a company (typically more behavior based and less technical) and with no feedback to use there is no ammunition for them to justify a...
  4. Xofa

    Is there more to engineering than this.?

    My first job out of college was for a high tech machine shop as a process engineer. I thought this would be good experience with alot to learn. Their lead engineer worked about 70 hours a week on the CAD room and I was promised that after gaining some experience on the floor that I would be...
  5. Xofa

    Teamwork

    In my working environment the team work has a function that is not mentions here but is very important "buy in". What I mean by that is that if a team is assembled and a solution is made everyone on the team was at the meeting where the decision was made. As a result everybody knows the NEW...
  6. Xofa

    What is the best engineering advice you ever received?

    I have noticed further up in this column that some have discussed Managers promising more than they can deliver & also a note about the danger of acting in what you feel is the best interest of the company. I always act in what I feel is the best interest of the company. I ask my boss if we...

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