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Tiny anecdote: I run a prototyping lab. I have one office-type employee, two assembly/mechanical peeps, and myself (electrical engineer and, well, it's my shop
by spiritplumber 6y ago
Tiny anecdote:
I run a prototyping lab. I have one office-type employee, two assembly/mechanical peeps, and myself (electrical engineer and, well, it's my shop so I'll do what I need to do).
Due to COVID, I sent everyone home, and had to let go one of the assembly peeps, she found a new job so I'm not worried about her.
So it's just me in the shop right now.
The coding person is really happy about not having to commute and gets more done.
The remaining assembly person was given a nice solderng station, drill press etc. by me, and passes by whenever when t's time to drop off finished units and pick up parts. This person now tells me that they are working mostly at night, because they want to since they're nocturnal by inclination.
I am not looking at hiring someone else right now BECAUSE we are getting more done this way than how we used to!
- anm89 6y agoThe important thing to note here, was that the jobs that existed before were not bullshit from the perspective of you when you hired for those positions. Now you may realize that those jobs may have not have had value and were possibly even counterproductive, and you seem to have done the rational thing given the info and eliminated those jobs. But the jobs didn't have no purpose before. The purpose was misguided which exposed itself over time.