Our new foreman tried to run the core room like a machine shop last week.

He kept yelling about 'cycle times' while we were dealing with a busted sand mixer, so a whole pour got scrapped. Has anyone else had a boss who just doesn't get the flow of a foundry floor?

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brian_hart1d ago

Man, that's rough. Seen it happen before where a boss tries to force a rhythm that just isn't there. Gotta get him to watch the actual problems, not the clock. Like @casey342 said, rushing the cheesecloth just wrecks the batch. Next time the mixer jams, point at it and ask him what the "cycle time" is for fixing a broken gear. Sometimes they need to see the real hold-up to back off.

logan2712d ago

My last boss tried to put a stopwatch on a mold wash crew. You ever seen a grown man try to time a guy with a cheesecloth? Some people just see a process and think you can speed it up by yelling numbers at it.

casey3421d ago

Read an article once about how that kind of stopwatch management actually kills quality. The guy with the cheesecloth starts rushing, misses a spot, and then the whole batch is junk. Some bosses just don't get that watching and timing isn't the same as understanding the work. It's like they think people are machines you can just tune for more speed.