Last thing today I had a visit from the local fire brigade, they had recieved a note from the HSE that somebody had reported our fire exit as being obstructed. The blokes opening comment of "you must have pissed someone off" showed his level of concern. Quick tour of the premises had him happy; didnt like us leaving a security bar on the fire door during working hours, but as the fire door was at the side of an open 3m wide shutter door(a third of the width of the shop) it was not a huge drama.
Seems our recently departed operator would like to cause me grief.
This guy(who we knew as a customer from his previous employment) was unable to get a job(?) allegedly time served fitter/welder/gods gift. We fell for the myth.
We had a large contract that needed extra hands, and offered him a temporary job, probably only 3 months.That was last July.
The contract got extended, and I picked up a couple of jobs that I could use him on that I would otherwise of let go. He was limited but usefull.
Then he got comfortable.
His welding was crap, I am not a welder, but three parts he welded all came back with cold welds(kids playground equipment). I was more annoyed that I had missed three, the other 25 I had reworked. They have not failed,I am not a welder.
He was not paying attention to what he was doing and not checking his work.(finding 75 components,(nearly 2 hours work) that need salvaging because the tool had broke and he didnt notice)...I was already using gauges and work routings for him to follow, he didnt.
When I showed him a new task, the first thing he would do is balls it up!
He was an accident waiting to happen, I can think of three incidents where there was a sharp intake of breath followed by"christ he got away with it".
Finally after my less than diplomatic "why is it that despite you claiming to be a skilled man, when I give you unskilled jobs you F$$$ them up?" He decided to leave(he was getting his notice that thursday, it was tuesday).
During his time with us(just before easter), he slagged off every previous employer of his(guess I am now on the list), whilst claiming expertise in just about every area of engineering you could think of, management, health and safety,electrical installation and repair,tree surgery and fitting TV ariels.
As the evil employer I have to put up with this sh67. I just have to manage, new machine, manage, new material, manage, complicated job, manage, paperwork, manage, vat return, manage. Everybody else gets to cop out, I just have to manage.
So carl, I hope you enjoy your single bed housing association flat(divorced twice), 12 year old(high performance though) clapped out mazda, and weekly job seekers cheque.
You could not even make a competent job of trying to F*** me over!
Should I report him to the DSS for becoming willfully unemployed, the inland revenue for unreported earnings on his disco business and fabrication moonlighting or trading standards for trading in pirated cd and dvds??
What was his name again?
Seems our recently departed operator would like to cause me grief.
This guy(who we knew as a customer from his previous employment) was unable to get a job(?) allegedly time served fitter/welder/gods gift. We fell for the myth.
We had a large contract that needed extra hands, and offered him a temporary job, probably only 3 months.That was last July.
The contract got extended, and I picked up a couple of jobs that I could use him on that I would otherwise of let go. He was limited but usefull.
Then he got comfortable.
His welding was crap, I am not a welder, but three parts he welded all came back with cold welds(kids playground equipment). I was more annoyed that I had missed three, the other 25 I had reworked. They have not failed,I am not a welder.
He was not paying attention to what he was doing and not checking his work.(finding 75 components,(nearly 2 hours work) that need salvaging because the tool had broke and he didnt notice)...I was already using gauges and work routings for him to follow, he didnt.
When I showed him a new task, the first thing he would do is balls it up!
He was an accident waiting to happen, I can think of three incidents where there was a sharp intake of breath followed by"christ he got away with it".
Finally after my less than diplomatic "why is it that despite you claiming to be a skilled man, when I give you unskilled jobs you F$$$ them up?" He decided to leave(he was getting his notice that thursday, it was tuesday).
During his time with us(just before easter), he slagged off every previous employer of his(guess I am now on the list), whilst claiming expertise in just about every area of engineering you could think of, management, health and safety,electrical installation and repair,tree surgery and fitting TV ariels.
As the evil employer I have to put up with this sh67. I just have to manage, new machine, manage, new material, manage, complicated job, manage, paperwork, manage, vat return, manage. Everybody else gets to cop out, I just have to manage.
So carl, I hope you enjoy your single bed housing association flat(divorced twice), 12 year old(high performance though) clapped out mazda, and weekly job seekers cheque.
You could not even make a competent job of trying to F*** me over!
Should I report him to the DSS for becoming willfully unemployed, the inland revenue for unreported earnings on his disco business and fabrication moonlighting or trading standards for trading in pirated cd and dvds??
What was his name again?