Re: Just a thought

On Monday, July 16, 2001, at 03:15 PM, Bruce Bullough wrote:

> Additionally, many of us who spoke up about codes, standards,
> maintenance, and general good practice were often not seen as "team
> players" in keeping costs down, and those who are left can see that if
> they say anything they are out too. 

         I started my own Piping and Piping maintenance Company for these very reasons. The people I was working for wanted to see things done as cheaply as possible not necessarily the right way or the way that would be most cost effective in the long run. If I had a dollar for every time I was told "there's no I in team" simply for speaking up when I felt uncomfortable about a situation. My response was always Well There's only one U in screw up.

         For some reason however, companies are more receptive of doing things correctly when someone out side their organization recommends it. I think it has to do with an overall trend to out source

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Mon Jul 16 21:01:00 2001