Terry Woods said:
Thanks back at you Casey!
So far, I see that I am one of only two that do not hang at PLCnet while they should be doing business.
I am under great pressure to get "on the net" but I refuse to do so simply because I feel that I owe my allegiance to my primary endevour. PLCnet is too great a temptation... not that I hang here for answers. It has happened that I hanged for an answer, at least once, maybe twice... in all of five years!
I just can't believe how many guys I see that have been on-site, regularly, during working hours, when they should be doing for their bread & butter!
A lot of us Irish-Catholic-Democrat kids have really internalized the fundamental concept of the Puritan work-ethic. (look it up)
There are some that haven't quite developed that particular ethic. However, when in a controlling position, they absolutely love having guys like us working for them... after all, we make the money!
The way I see it, if a guy is hanging at PLCnet for the answers, during working-hours, he ain't reading his own damned manuals to figure out what's going on in his own PLC, so that he he really understand his own particular PLC!
"Short-Cutters" are NOT "Process Developers".
They ain't got the Moxie!
They are Losers! They'll NEVER be "players"... at best... maybe "band-aid"ers.
And I really choke on the... "I'm the Employer, so it doesn't matter" concept.
Don't you guys have management issues to tend to? How about doing more for your customer? Do you feel that your business is so perfect that you don't need to work on what your customer expects, as promised in your promo-material? You're all trying to "Sell the Moon! How about putting in the time to deliver on that promise?
Yeah, yeah, yeah....
wow,,thats kind of hardlining it a bit much isnt it?...
I spend a little time on the net at work reading posts at plcs.net,,maybe 20 minutes on a regular 10 hr shift,,,I dont come here for answers for the most part,,but mainly to see what others are going through and how it relates to what i do,,and some times i just read up a lil cause there are some fun people here,,
I consider this place more of a refuge for other similiar thinking people and some of which are more successful than I that i can model my self after,,granted some may view this self advancement as something i should do off the clock, but my boss doesnt mind and is impressed that im not here to punch the clock and collect my paycheck,,instead he knows im looking to have his job at some point,,I made it very clear my first week on the job that i wanted his office,,some thought i was joking,,but oh well,,
where i work we have other shifts(and one person on my shift) that abuse the internet(looking up pornography,,dating sites,,shopping,,etc),,just as they do breaks,,idle time,,etc,,i know there are supposed to be means intact to catch those doing that,,but its obviously not working,,Its not my place to monitor that so at present i just sit and watch,,and when it comes that i am in charge if people are getting their work done,,and use the internet to look up educational information that pertains to the job(like places like this) i cant imagine i would discourage it,,
I also might add that on my regular 10 hr shift(10.5 hrs at work) i take one 20-30 minute lunch and maybe 3 days a week will also take a 15 minute break,,and its very regular for me to put in a 12-13 hr day with less than a hour of 'break' time,,so when i do find the time to look up some information while checking my email,,i dont feel guilty for doing that(this week im pushing 75 hrs),,my work ethic i feel is pretty sound,,and if i was doing something wrong,,i would feel some guilt on it,,and i dont,,and my boss doesnt complain,,so im sure im doing ok
Fred Raud
ps,,im at home on my only day off this week,,,BTW
problems...plus since I leave my laptop on the shop Break table some of the folks will even sit down and read a thread or two...they haven't gotten up the courage to post yet, but they do ask questions...which is a first step.
