Ineptitude

[inkinveins]

Isn't it very aggravating when one tries to cover up one's lack of competence by blaming the equipment. I see this over and over again. It even takes a certain amount of skill to wipe one's ass, but I'm sure these people would blame their lack of hygeine on the toilet paper. I've recently experienced this one instance, where a sheetfed offset operator got in the door by overstating his experience, and I swear I wouldn't let him operate my Xerox copier.

[Al Ferrari]

You might want to take a closer look at your hiring process. Ineptitude may be more widespread than you think.

Al

[Xlb]

It used to be a Trade.

[oldschool]

My pressman insisted that all my black plates were punched incorrectly. They never fit! Heidelberg recently fixed the 4th unit on the press. They are now punched perfectly.

[rbailleu]

quote "I see this over and over again. It even takes a certain amount of skill to wipe one's ass, but I'm sure these people would blame their lack of hygeine on the toilet paper"


I have to say some toilet paper is better than others at getting the job done. unfortunately it cost too much to import german toilet paper.

[inkinveins]

[QUOTE=Al Ferrari;147507]You might want to take a closer look at your hiring process. Ineptitude may be more widespread than you think.

Believe me, If I would of done the hiring he or she would of been fired long ago.

[inkinveins]

I have to say some toilet paper is better than others at getting the job done. unfortunately it cost too much to import german toilet paper.[/QUOTE]

Touche, But I truly believe a skilled operator can usually make just about anything work, I am not asking for the impossible, just a back to basics approach to offset. When I used to run a press cable ties and duct tape were my best friends

[turbotom1052]

this situation unfortunatley exists throughout the industry. Some mediocre pressman would claim that the incompetents make them shine, but i feel that the incompetents bring down moral and pay scales

[D Ink Man]

As the industry matures, it is a part of the evolutionary process that incompetency will creep in. The skilled craftsman who had to set keys and do more manual make ready are being replaced, for lack of a better term, button pushers. I say put very high value on the tradesmen that have acquired their knowledges through experience. They are becoming a rare breed, so it is important to do the weeding out initially when selecting an employee in the hiring process. D

[GazKL440]

this situation unfortunatley exists throughout the industry. Some mediocre pressman would claim that the incompetents make them shine, but i feel that the incompetents bring down moral and pay scales

Mate i have got to agree with this!! With the recent GFC, a lot of mediocre, or just plain shithouse printers were culled out of the workforce, as employers offloaded unproductive units, so to speak. Unfortunately, this has lead to pay rate stagnation. I currently run a 40", with no assistant, and CANNOT get a pay raise. My boss just laughs and says "there are plenty of other printers out there".

What shits me to tears is the fact that he is right, and this gives me no bargaining power whatsoever Today i did a 14hr shift, starting on my big komori, before jumping on a 4col GTO and then running a last minute miracle job on a 526, and i am one of 2 printers out of our crew that can actually run all the machinery in the factory. But this does not seem to matter to my boss. He knows that I am easily replaced, and this allows him to keep wages exactly where they have been for some time. Bastard.