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[–] Toes@ani.social 76 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Shortly after they fire you and tell you that you shouldn't have done that. 🙃

[–] liinux@pawb.social 41 points 2 months ago

Or even better, they have money to upgrade their perfectly working computers and chairs, but they don't have the money to repair or change the tools you need to work.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which is why you always get this sort of order in writing, from the boss. If they won't send it, you send them an email saying something like "Thanks for taking the time to discuss this issue with me today. Just to confirm, you said I should . I pointed out that this could lead to , but you stated I should continue anyway. Please let me know straight away if you don't agree with that recollection."

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good advice but what do you do in America? I'm not sure my boss can even write.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

Bosses who wont send this sort of thing in writing, and who don't read emails you send them are handy, as you do things your way and just poibt out that you emailed them about it a week ago. The papertrail becomes your greatest asset.

[–] TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they like you, they won't fire you for any reason (almost), if they don't like you, they find any reason to fire you.

Jobs are not held or lost on merit, for the most part.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Kinda. Had the CEO want some code changed while the VP of my department was on vacation. Changed the code, and the VP had a grudge against me afterwards because it was code he wrote. A year later a project failed (due to mismanagement) so it was blame game time and the devs got blamed and it was firing time. I didn't work on the project that ended in failure, I was working on a different project which was a success.

Guess who got fired?

I guess technically it was because the VP didn't like me. But the reason he didn't like me is because I did my job and made the software work the way the CEO wanted it to work.

That's just how she goes. Catch-22 scenarios happen no matter how likable you might be.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 70 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Meanwhile it would have cost $$ for both the downtime and repair cost to fix the issue before failure. Now that it failed it will cost $$$$$ to fix it as an emergency.

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 33 points 2 months ago

Refuse to schedule maintenance and your equipment will schedule it for you.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah but the top boss's friend owns a manufacturing company, not a repair company, so this policy comes from the top

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Not to mention injury/death when the equipment catastrophically fails.

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

True, but sometimes the cost to repair the thing is irrelevant when the required amount of “done” is what is time gated.

[–] fizzbang@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (3 children)

God damn. I’d love to hear the story behind this picture

[–] infinite_goop@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Looks to me like the front fell off

[–] Hedup@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Is that not typical?

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Heck of a story

[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was able to find some more details - it's the bucket of an RH340 excavator at the Poitrel coal mine in Australia, probably damaged while moving massive rocks about

The whole machine looks like this

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Even with the door there that should indicate scale, that machine doesnt feel like its anywhere near as large as OPs picture.

[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks fine to me - the door seems to be about half the height of the bucket, which fits with the guy in the original picture

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah it looks fine, if you scrutinise it and measure it, but it doesnt feel fine.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then don't look at the door...look at the bolt holding the bucket on the arm and the look at the size of the hart hat.

Big bolt

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 months ago

"hart hat"

"Big bolt"

Haha, awesome

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

Me too. I've worked extensively on open pit mines, and I've never seen anything like that in my time there.

I'm not an expert or even an equipment operator, but I've seen them break shit. Buckets are tough. One that big is very tough.

[–] newton@feddit.online 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Metal fatigue ? Its just a scratch 😂

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

That would have been a fun noise.

[–] WagnasT@piefed.world 10 points 2 months ago

What monster of a HYEX has a bucket and arm that big? That is an absolute unit.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

That dude is more flexible than I might have expected.

[–] konsumate@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Strange, it was built to very rigorous maritime engineering standards, which explicitly exclude materials like cardboard, paper, string, and cellophane.

[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Shudders in sharp edges

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Dragonslayer!!!

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago