SNK
Member
It seems like this day and age, we as "Industrial Automation Engineers" have to know a little bit about everything. We have to learn about 50 different versions of software, understand the correllation to real-life situations, and make everything work, so that our companies can stay in business and continue to be profitable. That is the key...PROFITABLE.
What I am seeing on this forum in the last few months, is a trend of people trying to do something that they have never done before. Don't get me wrong, I am pro-to change, and love to do something different. Hats off to those people. The problem is, they are COSTING US OUR jobs.
They struggle with a project, at the cost to the company and themselves. It actually costs reliability, quality and product throughput by people "taking their time" to "learn" a new concept.
What I am worried about personally is the way that our society accepts this type of philosopy, in a business perspective. With our economy crashing the way that it is, with the manufacturing job losses, why would someone with no expertise take their time trying to fix something when they should have just hired a consultant that has a proven track record in that area of expertise.
Sure, when there is downtime, and it is in no way affecting the companies throughput, then take the time to learn. Even learn on the companies time, but don't slow down production while you try to make yourself better, while the rest of us sit back and watch.
There are specialized people that can tackle a job in very little window. People should learn to smarten up and get the job done quickly, and effectively the FIRST TIME. This will help our economy grow, and hopefully hold on to a few more positions for our kids down the road.
So, instead of trying to learn VB-NET, or RSView32 in a weekend, why not make the right choice by HIRING someone with EXPERTISE in that field and get the job done immediately. Pay a little extra to have some specific training on the job completed, and let us all keep our jobs.
Bring on the comments.
What I am seeing on this forum in the last few months, is a trend of people trying to do something that they have never done before. Don't get me wrong, I am pro-to change, and love to do something different. Hats off to those people. The problem is, they are COSTING US OUR jobs.
They struggle with a project, at the cost to the company and themselves. It actually costs reliability, quality and product throughput by people "taking their time" to "learn" a new concept.
What I am worried about personally is the way that our society accepts this type of philosopy, in a business perspective. With our economy crashing the way that it is, with the manufacturing job losses, why would someone with no expertise take their time trying to fix something when they should have just hired a consultant that has a proven track record in that area of expertise.
Sure, when there is downtime, and it is in no way affecting the companies throughput, then take the time to learn. Even learn on the companies time, but don't slow down production while you try to make yourself better, while the rest of us sit back and watch.
There are specialized people that can tackle a job in very little window. People should learn to smarten up and get the job done quickly, and effectively the FIRST TIME. This will help our economy grow, and hopefully hold on to a few more positions for our kids down the road.
So, instead of trying to learn VB-NET, or RSView32 in a weekend, why not make the right choice by HIRING someone with EXPERTISE in that field and get the job done immediately. Pay a little extra to have some specific training on the job completed, and let us all keep our jobs.
Bring on the comments.