Let me give you my sole union experinece Jackasses. It lasted about 2 hours. Fresh out of the army I take this union gig doing light assembly. Simple damn job about like putting nuts and washers on a bolt. I didn't even need hand tools. I'm working along side this good ole boy been there for about a century or so or so it looked to my 20 something ass at the time and I'm filling about three baskets to his one and it's been about 30 minutes and this dude come over and tells me, "That's not how we do that here. Do it like this."
Well the only difference between the way he told me to do it and the way I was doing it was that his way was freaking slower, but I'm still making 2 baskets to the oll guys 1. So I figure what the hell and just keep doing it the way he wants and sure enough about 30 minutes latter some other clown comes over and tells me the same damn thing only his way fo doing still doesn't make a better finished product than what I had before the first guy came by and it's slower still, and I'm now down to about 1-1/2 times as many parts as the old geezer and the more I think about it the more pissed I get. Finally the break whistle blows and I see these ass hats standing by the water fountain and I grab a handful of parts and take them over to them and say, "When you assholes figure out how you want these done and that finding slower and slower ways to do shit doesn't help anyone give me a call I'm going to the house! Needless to say they never did but I went back to college and got a teaching degree so it wasn't any real loss.
There are in my experience 3 types of people on any union Job. those actually trying to do the work who are generally referred to as ass kisser and company men and harrassed until they quit so the Union bosses butt buddy doesn't have to strain himself trying to keep up, the union hierarchy, and the union hierarchy's ass kissers.
Well the only difference between the way he told me to do it and the way I was doing it was that his way was freaking slower, but I'm still making 2 baskets to the oll guys 1. So I figure what the hell and just keep doing it the way he wants and sure enough about 30 minutes latter some other clown comes over and tells me the same damn thing only his way fo doing still doesn't make a better finished product than what I had before the first guy came by and it's slower still, and I'm now down to about 1-1/2 times as many parts as the old geezer and the more I think about it the more pissed I get. Finally the break whistle blows and I see these ass hats standing by the water fountain and I grab a handful of parts and take them over to them and say, "When you assholes figure out how you want these done and that finding slower and slower ways to do shit doesn't help anyone give me a call I'm going to the house! Needless to say they never did but I went back to college and got a teaching degree so it wasn't any real loss.
There are in my experience 3 types of people on any union Job. those actually trying to do the work who are generally referred to as ass kisser and company men and harrassed until they quit so the Union bosses butt buddy doesn't have to strain himself trying to keep up, the union hierarchy, and the union hierarchy's ass kissers.