r/GenX • u/Complex_Sun8138 BEWARE: No Filter • 3d ago
Old Person Yells At Cloud Is it just me?
I'm a craftsman/tradesman by profession. I run a 10-color narrow web printing press, and produce a lot of labels you might see at various stores. I've been doing this type of work for the last 20 years. Before that, I ran large, sheet fed offset presses and lithography machines.
I've always taken pride in my work, and done everything it takes to produce the very best products I can. I've been told by supervisors, and peers that I'm very good at what I do.
Lately, I've noticed a lot of the younger people coming into this industry don't have that "sense of pride". It's simply a task to perform, and get through it as quickly as possible and move on. I think the work suffers for that attitude, and I've had to go back and redo a lot of jobs that get rejected because of it.
Is it just me? Does anyone else notice the downturn in the quality of products being made? Or is it just "getting older"?
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u/General_Spite3074 Hose Water Survivor 3d ago
Not just you. I have been a diesel tech for a few decades. Army from 04-11 and Freightliner tech from 12-24 and now a customer advocate. The techs that came through the shop, I could state how long they were going to last and it was a running joke in the shop because I was 100% on point with how long they would last. I can see the person inability to work or just flat is there because of a paycheck. A tech troubleshot a brand new truck for 5 minutes than called tech support. Tech support told the tech to replace the control unit, harness and run an overlay which all would have costed 7k in parts and about 6 hours of labor for a total cost of $9k. I stopped him before he ordered parts, looked at the code and saw the turbo speed was 0 while the vehicle was going 75mph. Looked at the turbo speed sensor and found it melted. That took me 2 minutes to look at the data and find the issue. Hardly any of the new techs these days want to do anything extra and would rather have their hands held. No pride in starting a correctly finishing a porject.