Our foreman's new 'efficiency' push is hurting our finishes.

A missed sanding step wrecked a nice table.

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But is it always the push though? Sometimes a step just gets missed, it happens. Like that sanding, could have been someone just rushing on their own, not the new rule. Seen plenty of nice work get done fast when people focus. Might just be a bad day, not a broken system.

lee6891mo ago

Something that gets overlooked is how measures of speed change how people work without direct orders. When bosses highlight fast completion, everyone feels the need to keep up. That quiet pressure makes skipping a step seem like the smart move to hit goals. What starts as one person rushing turns into a habit everyone picks up. Then you get more bad days because the standard has slowly dropped. The system isn't loudly broken, it's just worn out from constant hurry.

emmaking1mo ago

Man, it's the same with chores at home. Skip one step to save time and you pay for it later. The hurry just eats away at doing things right.

ray1731mo ago

Yeah, seen that happen... best thing we did was have the foreman check the first piece off each batch. Slows the start but saves the finish.