Saturday, April 13, 2013
an end
J is gone. I forgot to say that the day he got the boot, but I'm saying it now. And about frickin' time.
Friday, March 8, 2013
March 8, 2013 - J
[6:15 ; I arrive at work]
[6:30-7:00 ; I do 10 pieces of the same job, on the same machine, that J will do all day long]
6:54 ; J arrives
7:45 ; J has done 2 pieces
7:56-8:01 ; phone - see NOTE 1
8:10 ; J has done 4 pieces
8:20-8:22 ; wandering
+8:55-8:58 ; wandering
[9:15-9:23 ; I am not in area to observe]
9:29 ; J has done 21 pieces
+9:29-9:48 ; wandering, in his car (returns with Subway)
9:48- ? ; eating
9:59-10:14 ; wandering
+10:49-10:52 ; phone
+10:53-10:55 ; phone
10:59-11:00 ; phone
[11:20-11:55 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
+12:17-12:20 ; phone
12:20-12:24 ; wandering
? - 12:32ish ; wandering
+12:49-12:58 ; wandering
12:59 ; J has done 61 pieces
12:59-1:29 ; wandering (with a pass-thru at 1:15 - see NOTE 2)
1:47-2:00 ; wandering
2:10ish-2:33 ; see NOTE 3
2:33-2:38 ; wandering
2:49-3:03 ; wandering
3:05-3:06 ; phone
3:30 ; J has done 68 pieces - see NOTE 4
[3:40 ; I go home]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: it should be noted here that J was caught on his phone the other day and warned that any further use would be grounds for termination. This has merely slowed him down. A bit.
NOTE 2: J went somewhere in his car at this time, because it was not in the parking lot. I looked.
NOTE 3: J spent this time helping some guy load the cardboard compactor. Again. While, of course, his machine sat idle, even though his machine sits right next to the compactor. If I had the power, I'd transfer him to the warehouse, because he's obviously not interested in running his machine nearly as much as he is in doing this other stuff. Sadly, I do not.
NOTE 4: It should be noted that, based on my numbers from early this morning, and figuring on only seven hours of actual work time, J should have been able to have made at least 140 pieces. He made less than half that. Notice that between 8:10 and 9:30 he made 17 pieces, for a rate of 4.7 minutes per piece. Between 9:30 and 1:00 he did 40 more, or about 5.25 minutes per piece. Between 1:00 and 3:30 he did 7 pieces, which, even when removing a half an hour for lunch, is still an absurd 17 minutes for each piece. My rather leisurely rate this morning was 3 minutes each. J's full day average was 6.18 minutes for each, or, as usual, about half as productive as myself.
And, because I like to make charts from time to time, I've made a kind of visual guide to J's goofing off, using clock-faces in the manner of pie-graphs to illustrate.
Just for contrast, here's what a normal working day ought to look like:
And, hey, just for fun, here's the two side-by-side for easy viewing:
[6:30-7:00 ; I do 10 pieces of the same job, on the same machine, that J will do all day long]
6:54 ; J arrives
7:45 ; J has done 2 pieces
7:56-8:01 ; phone - see NOTE 1
8:10 ; J has done 4 pieces
8:20-8:22 ; wandering
+8:55-8:58 ; wandering
[9:15-9:23 ; I am not in area to observe]
9:29 ; J has done 21 pieces
+9:29-9:48 ; wandering, in his car (returns with Subway)
9:48- ? ; eating
9:59-10:14 ; wandering
+10:49-10:52 ; phone
+10:53-10:55 ; phone
10:59-11:00 ; phone
[11:20-11:55 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
+12:17-12:20 ; phone
12:20-12:24 ; wandering
? - 12:32ish ; wandering
+12:49-12:58 ; wandering
12:59 ; J has done 61 pieces
12:59-1:29 ; wandering (with a pass-thru at 1:15 - see NOTE 2)
1:47-2:00 ; wandering
2:10ish-2:33 ; see NOTE 3
2:33-2:38 ; wandering
2:49-3:03 ; wandering
3:05-3:06 ; phone
3:30 ; J has done 68 pieces - see NOTE 4
[3:40 ; I go home]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: it should be noted here that J was caught on his phone the other day and warned that any further use would be grounds for termination. This has merely slowed him down. A bit.
NOTE 2: J went somewhere in his car at this time, because it was not in the parking lot. I looked.
NOTE 3: J spent this time helping some guy load the cardboard compactor. Again. While, of course, his machine sat idle, even though his machine sits right next to the compactor. If I had the power, I'd transfer him to the warehouse, because he's obviously not interested in running his machine nearly as much as he is in doing this other stuff. Sadly, I do not.
NOTE 4: It should be noted that, based on my numbers from early this morning, and figuring on only seven hours of actual work time, J should have been able to have made at least 140 pieces. He made less than half that. Notice that between 8:10 and 9:30 he made 17 pieces, for a rate of 4.7 minutes per piece. Between 9:30 and 1:00 he did 40 more, or about 5.25 minutes per piece. Between 1:00 and 3:30 he did 7 pieces, which, even when removing a half an hour for lunch, is still an absurd 17 minutes for each piece. My rather leisurely rate this morning was 3 minutes each. J's full day average was 6.18 minutes for each, or, as usual, about half as productive as myself.
And, because I like to make charts from time to time, I've made a kind of visual guide to J's goofing off, using clock-faces in the manner of pie-graphs to illustrate.
Just for contrast, here's what a normal working day ought to look like:
And, hey, just for fun, here's the two side-by-side for easy viewing:
Thursday, March 7, 2013
March 7, 2013 - J
[6:30 ; I arrive at work]
6:55 ; J arrives
6:55-7:08 ; wandering
7:40 ; see Job 1
+8:35-8:40 ; phone - see NOTE 1
8:56-9:02 ; see NOTE 2
9:05 ; see Job 2
+9:30-9:45+ ; wandering - see NOTE 3
9:45ish-10:00 ; see NOTE 4
10:00 ; see Job 3
10:00-10:05 ; sitting, phone, eating in department
10:10-10:16 ; wandering
10:17-10:34 ; wandering and gratuitous forklifting - see NOTE 5
10:34-10:54 ; yakking (not working)
10:54-11:37 ; see NOTE 6
[11:44-12:06 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
? -12:09 ; sitting, eating in department
12:11-12:20 ; wandering
12:23-12:35 ; eating in department - see NOTE 7
12:44-1:15 ; wandering - see NOTE 8
1:15-1:23 ; wandering
1:30ish ; see Job 4
1:47 ; phone
1:55-1:56 ; phone
[2:18-2:28 ; I am not in area to observe]
2:28-2:33 ; wandering
2:43-3:06 ; wandering
3:06-3:08 ; phone, hair care
3:10-3:20ish ; 2nd shift takes over hereabouts - see NOTE 9
+3:40-3:46 ; phone
3:46-3:55 ; wandering
3:55-3:56 ; hair care
3:56- ? ; wandering
[3:59 ; I leave the building]
Here is a breakdown of how J's jobs went during the day:
Job 1: PVC strips. J no longer runs these at quarter or even half speed. Still he manages to make them last longer than they ought to.
set 1: start at 7:40
set 2: start at 8:03
set 3: start at 8:22 (finish at 8:33)
set 4: start at 8:43 (finish at 8:53)
Job 2: On the table at 9:05. Started at 9:10. Banners, about 40x60, total of 7.
Job 3: First cut at 10:00. Styrene pieces, roughly 20x40ish. At 10:54 J goes to another department to work, while St takes over his machine. He resumes working at 11:40. At around 1:00ish, St takes over again, finishing the job.
Job 4: Styrene again, very large ones (roughly 50x110), a job given to J specifically by management.
NOTE 1: it should be noted here that J was caught on his phone the other day and warned that any further use would be grounds for termination. This has merely slowed him down. A bit.
NOTE 2: J spends this time looking at order bags, even though he already has three bags at his station. Since he rarely does more than four orders a day, this seems to be pointless activity.
NOTE 3: Being busy and/or distracted, I didnt see him leave, nor did I see him return. It is possible that he actually took a regulation 15 minute break. But it's unlikely, especially since he returned with food.
NOTE 4: Spent this time helping someone with the cardboard compactor, which, while nice of him, I suppose, left his machine sitting idle, something that happens far too often with J.
NOTE 5: Again, J is doing something that other people are paid to do, while his machine sits idle. And J does sure love him some forklifting.
NOTE 6: Supposedly, J spent this time in another department helping them out while St, who's machine was being repaired, worked his machine. I can not tell you if he actually worked elsewhere, or just goofed off for 43 minutes.
NOTE 7: This gets special mention because of the scale of the eating. Normally, J is content to stuff fries or sandwich or something like that in his mouth, cramming most of his food down within five minutes or so. This was more a case of J eating some sort of meal out of a round plastic container (Asian, perhaps?), with a fork, while his machine sat idle. Again.
NOTE 8: So, obviously, this wasnt his lunch break. Instead he was out in the parking lot, doing what appeared to be cleaning out his car. Which is fine, assuming that he was actually off the clock (which I have no way of determining, sadly - although, considering the preciseness of the length of the break, he probably did clock out). Still, since he was able to clean his car on lunch break solely because he both went to get food and ate said food on company time, I feel it worth noting.
NOTE 9: Here's how shift change usually goes down with J: L arrives a bit before 3:00. If J is out on break, L waits. Sometimes L gets tired of waiting and takes over the machine. Sometimes J makes him wait until 3:30. J used to make him wait longer, but management stirred themselves enough to stop that. Regardless, shift change involves a lot of talking, often with extra people involved. At some point, J will sit down, frequently with his phone, and do "paperwork" (J spends more time on "paperwork" than three most productive people in the department combined). Then he will disappear off and on. He almost never leaves on time, and is almost always still somewhere in the building when I go home.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
6:55 ; J arrives
6:55-7:08 ; wandering
7:40 ; see Job 1
+8:35-8:40 ; phone - see NOTE 1
8:56-9:02 ; see NOTE 2
9:05 ; see Job 2
+9:30-9:45+ ; wandering - see NOTE 3
9:45ish-10:00 ; see NOTE 4
10:00 ; see Job 3
10:00-10:05 ; sitting, phone, eating in department
10:10-10:16 ; wandering
10:17-10:34 ; wandering and gratuitous forklifting - see NOTE 5
10:34-10:54 ; yakking (not working)
10:54-11:37 ; see NOTE 6
[11:44-12:06 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
? -12:09 ; sitting, eating in department
12:11-12:20 ; wandering
12:23-12:35 ; eating in department - see NOTE 7
12:44-1:15 ; wandering - see NOTE 8
1:15-1:23 ; wandering
1:30ish ; see Job 4
1:47 ; phone
1:55-1:56 ; phone
[2:18-2:28 ; I am not in area to observe]
2:28-2:33 ; wandering
2:43-3:06 ; wandering
3:06-3:08 ; phone, hair care
3:10-3:20ish ; 2nd shift takes over hereabouts - see NOTE 9
+3:40-3:46 ; phone
3:46-3:55 ; wandering
3:55-3:56 ; hair care
3:56- ? ; wandering
[3:59 ; I leave the building]
Here is a breakdown of how J's jobs went during the day:
Job 1: PVC strips. J no longer runs these at quarter or even half speed. Still he manages to make them last longer than they ought to.
set 1: start at 7:40
set 2: start at 8:03
set 3: start at 8:22 (finish at 8:33)
set 4: start at 8:43 (finish at 8:53)
Job 2: On the table at 9:05. Started at 9:10. Banners, about 40x60, total of 7.
Job 3: First cut at 10:00. Styrene pieces, roughly 20x40ish. At 10:54 J goes to another department to work, while St takes over his machine. He resumes working at 11:40. At around 1:00ish, St takes over again, finishing the job.
Job 4: Styrene again, very large ones (roughly 50x110), a job given to J specifically by management.
NOTE 1: it should be noted here that J was caught on his phone the other day and warned that any further use would be grounds for termination. This has merely slowed him down. A bit.
NOTE 2: J spends this time looking at order bags, even though he already has three bags at his station. Since he rarely does more than four orders a day, this seems to be pointless activity.
NOTE 3: Being busy and/or distracted, I didnt see him leave, nor did I see him return. It is possible that he actually took a regulation 15 minute break. But it's unlikely, especially since he returned with food.
NOTE 4: Spent this time helping someone with the cardboard compactor, which, while nice of him, I suppose, left his machine sitting idle, something that happens far too often with J.
NOTE 5: Again, J is doing something that other people are paid to do, while his machine sits idle. And J does sure love him some forklifting.
NOTE 6: Supposedly, J spent this time in another department helping them out while St, who's machine was being repaired, worked his machine. I can not tell you if he actually worked elsewhere, or just goofed off for 43 minutes.
NOTE 7: This gets special mention because of the scale of the eating. Normally, J is content to stuff fries or sandwich or something like that in his mouth, cramming most of his food down within five minutes or so. This was more a case of J eating some sort of meal out of a round plastic container (Asian, perhaps?), with a fork, while his machine sat idle. Again.
NOTE 8: So, obviously, this wasnt his lunch break. Instead he was out in the parking lot, doing what appeared to be cleaning out his car. Which is fine, assuming that he was actually off the clock (which I have no way of determining, sadly - although, considering the preciseness of the length of the break, he probably did clock out). Still, since he was able to clean his car on lunch break solely because he both went to get food and ate said food on company time, I feel it worth noting.
NOTE 9: Here's how shift change usually goes down with J: L arrives a bit before 3:00. If J is out on break, L waits. Sometimes L gets tired of waiting and takes over the machine. Sometimes J makes him wait until 3:30. J used to make him wait longer, but management stirred themselves enough to stop that. Regardless, shift change involves a lot of talking, often with extra people involved. At some point, J will sit down, frequently with his phone, and do "paperwork" (J spends more time on "paperwork" than three most productive people in the department combined). Then he will disappear off and on. He almost never leaves on time, and is almost always still somewhere in the building when I go home.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
March 5, 2013 - J
[6:14 ; I arrive at work]
6:59 ; J arrives
7:05-7:10 ; wandering
7:22-7:26 ; wandering
7:30 ; actually starts working
7:35-8:10 ; see NOTE 1
8:45-8:48 ; sitting
[9:20-9:33 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -9:46 ; wandering, with a pass-thru at 9:37, see NOTE 2
9:46- ? ; eating in the department
[11:34-12:02 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
? -12:16 ; yakking with CC from IC
+12:27-1:13 ; wandering
2:00-2:30 ; see NOTE 3
2:30- ? ; sitting, see NOTE 4
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: J unloads the cardboard compactor, a process that takes 35 minutes and involves two separate forklift trips (one of which took 9 minutes to get 2 standard pallets), but should not have.
NOTE 2: At 9:32, J passed through the area, carrying a fast food bag (Subway, I believe), so he'd apparently been somewhere in his car. If so, he would have had to leave at least 9:25, which is about his regular time to start his "normal", over-long morning break.
NOTE 3: sometime after 2:00 (I first noticed his absence at 2:07, but I think he'd been gone for a while), J spent a significant amount of time removing full recycling boxes from our are, but not replacing them with empty ones. He was gone from at least 2:07-2:13, 2:15-2:23, and 2:24-2:30.
NOTE 4: Apparently exhausted from his efforts recounted in NOTE 3, J sits down. Unfortunately, I didnt notice when he stopped this, or anything else he did for the rest of the afternoon because I was busy.
6:59 ; J arrives
7:05-7:10 ; wandering
7:22-7:26 ; wandering
7:30 ; actually starts working
7:35-8:10 ; see NOTE 1
8:45-8:48 ; sitting
[9:20-9:33 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -9:46 ; wandering, with a pass-thru at 9:37, see NOTE 2
9:46- ? ; eating in the department
[11:34-12:02 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
? -12:16 ; yakking with CC from IC
+12:27-1:13 ; wandering
2:00-2:30 ; see NOTE 3
2:30- ? ; sitting, see NOTE 4
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: J unloads the cardboard compactor, a process that takes 35 minutes and involves two separate forklift trips (one of which took 9 minutes to get 2 standard pallets), but should not have.
NOTE 2: At 9:32, J passed through the area, carrying a fast food bag (Subway, I believe), so he'd apparently been somewhere in his car. If so, he would have had to leave at least 9:25, which is about his regular time to start his "normal", over-long morning break.
NOTE 3: sometime after 2:00 (I first noticed his absence at 2:07, but I think he'd been gone for a while), J spent a significant amount of time removing full recycling boxes from our are, but not replacing them with empty ones. He was gone from at least 2:07-2:13, 2:15-2:23, and 2:24-2:30.
NOTE 4: Apparently exhausted from his efforts recounted in NOTE 3, J sits down. Unfortunately, I didnt notice when he stopped this, or anything else he did for the rest of the afternoon because I was busy.
Monday, March 4, 2013
March 4, 2013 - J
[6:00 ; I arrive]
9;42 ; J arrives
10:00-10:15 ; wandering - see NOTE 1
10:15-10:19 ; wandering
11:22- ? ; sitting
[11:24-11:51 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:01-12:40 ; see NOTE 2
12:41-12:50 ; wandering - see NOTE 3
12:55-1:19 ; wandering
1:20- ? ; eating in the department
2:18-2:30ish ; wandering
2:54-3:08 ; wandering
3:09-3:18 ; wandering - see NOTE 4
3:20-3:23 ; wandering
3:27- ? ; wandering
[3:31 ; I leave work]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: J apparently went somewhere in his car, unless he spent 15 minutes getting a drink which he had left there.
NOTE 2: J, who was recently given final notice about his phone usage while on the clock, was using his phone during this time while "working". He was also using the phone, and doing nothing else, from 12:08-12:10 and from 12:20-12:23.
NOTE 3: I think that J may have gone abroad in his car at this time, though I'm not sure. He was telling a story about a train crossing the road, but I couldnt tell you if it was recent or not, since I was not paying a lot of attention and only overhearing rather than joining in the conversation.
NOTE 4: left carrying a football
9;42 ; J arrives
10:00-10:15 ; wandering - see NOTE 1
10:15-10:19 ; wandering
11:22- ? ; sitting
[11:24-11:51 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:01-12:40 ; see NOTE 2
12:41-12:50 ; wandering - see NOTE 3
12:55-1:19 ; wandering
1:20- ? ; eating in the department
2:18-2:30ish ; wandering
2:54-3:08 ; wandering
3:09-3:18 ; wandering - see NOTE 4
3:20-3:23 ; wandering
3:27- ? ; wandering
[3:31 ; I leave work]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: J apparently went somewhere in his car, unless he spent 15 minutes getting a drink which he had left there.
NOTE 2: J, who was recently given final notice about his phone usage while on the clock, was using his phone during this time while "working". He was also using the phone, and doing nothing else, from 12:08-12:10 and from 12:20-12:23.
NOTE 3: I think that J may have gone abroad in his car at this time, though I'm not sure. He was telling a story about a train crossing the road, but I couldnt tell you if it was recent or not, since I was not paying a lot of attention and only overhearing rather than joining in the conversation.
NOTE 4: left carrying a football
Monday, February 25, 2013
February 25, 2013 - J
J, having been busted on Saturday for being on the phone, calls in sick today. All day long, comments are made by management about how he's finally pushed it too far.
Do we think tomorrow that J will finally be let go? Dont be silly!
Do we think tomorrow that J will finally be let go? Dont be silly!
Saturday, February 23, 2013
February 23, 2013 - J
[7:05ish ; I arrive]
8:27 ; J arrives
[9:55-10:09 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -10:21; wandering, went somewhere in his car, returned with food
10:25-10:30ish ; eating said food while working
[11:29-11:50 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:20ish ; busted on his phone, throws "adult" tantrum* until...
12:35-1:13 ; wandering
1:13-1:30 ; see NOTE 1
2:38-3:00 ; wandering
3:00 and beyond ; see NOTE 2
[3:55 ; I go home]
Here's the general shape of J's work today: He worked two machines, with a fairly slow job on one, and a very slow job on the other. For a change, he didnt do too badly. Not great, but not as bad as he had previously, probably because the Saturday management actually pays attention. I wish I could tell you the count on the slow job, but I didnt check. On the really slow job, I kind of recorded the start or stop times of each run.
Run 1 start 8:32; Run 2 starts 8:55; Run 3 starts 9:13ish; then he had some trouble with the machine; Run 4 starts 9:50; Run 5 starts 10:21; then there's a gap in observation where I wasnt paying attention (so now I'll identify the runs with letters instead); Run A finished 11:20ish; then another gap as I went to lunch; Run C (most likely) finished 12:06; Run D finished 12:21, about when J got busted on the phone. Run E finished 1:18 (machine paused while he was gone); then another gap in my observation; Run H (in theory) finished 2:13; Run I finished 2:30; Run J finished 2:45 (which seems too quick, but which isnt impossible).
That's (estimated) 15 Runs of this job in 6 and a half hours. By contrast, on the previous day, I did 12 Runs in a period of about 3 and a quarter hours, though to be fair, there was no lunch during my set.
NOTE 1: Sometimes, J really is like a twelve-year old. Upon his return from "lunch" or wherever J went after he stormed out after being busted, he rather defiantly used his phone, though being obviously (and by "obviously" I mean "exaggeratedly") careful (and by "careful" I mean "dancing on the line of being caught in the manner of a clever but stupid 6th grade class clown) not to let the management who busted him see him use it directly behind his back. This came to an abrupt halt when the VP showed up. At the time, while watching him do this, I was reminded of meercats or prairie dogs.
NOTE 2: The second shift guy came in and took over the really long runs while J was out at around 3:00, so from that point on he was working only the one machine with the long runs on it. And talking. Talking, talking, talking.
If any of the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
* You know, "adult", i.e., controlled stomping, hurling things around while doing your job, brusque comments and answers, muttering under your breath, and a general body language that says "Everyone's so unfair to me".
8:27 ; J arrives
[9:55-10:09 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -10:21; wandering, went somewhere in his car, returned with food
10:25-10:30ish ; eating said food while working
[11:29-11:50 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:20ish ; busted on his phone, throws "adult" tantrum* until...
12:35-1:13 ; wandering
1:13-1:30 ; see NOTE 1
2:38-3:00 ; wandering
3:00 and beyond ; see NOTE 2
[3:55 ; I go home]
Here's the general shape of J's work today: He worked two machines, with a fairly slow job on one, and a very slow job on the other. For a change, he didnt do too badly. Not great, but not as bad as he had previously, probably because the Saturday management actually pays attention. I wish I could tell you the count on the slow job, but I didnt check. On the really slow job, I kind of recorded the start or stop times of each run.
Run 1 start 8:32; Run 2 starts 8:55; Run 3 starts 9:13ish; then he had some trouble with the machine; Run 4 starts 9:50; Run 5 starts 10:21; then there's a gap in observation where I wasnt paying attention (so now I'll identify the runs with letters instead); Run A finished 11:20ish; then another gap as I went to lunch; Run C (most likely) finished 12:06; Run D finished 12:21, about when J got busted on the phone. Run E finished 1:18 (machine paused while he was gone); then another gap in my observation; Run H (in theory) finished 2:13; Run I finished 2:30; Run J finished 2:45 (which seems too quick, but which isnt impossible).
That's (estimated) 15 Runs of this job in 6 and a half hours. By contrast, on the previous day, I did 12 Runs in a period of about 3 and a quarter hours, though to be fair, there was no lunch during my set.
NOTE 1: Sometimes, J really is like a twelve-year old. Upon his return from "lunch" or wherever J went after he stormed out after being busted, he rather defiantly used his phone, though being obviously (and by "obviously" I mean "exaggeratedly") careful (and by "careful" I mean "dancing on the line of being caught in the manner of a clever but stupid 6th grade class clown) not to let the management who busted him see him use it directly behind his back. This came to an abrupt halt when the VP showed up. At the time, while watching him do this, I was reminded of meercats or prairie dogs.
NOTE 2: The second shift guy came in and took over the really long runs while J was out at around 3:00, so from that point on he was working only the one machine with the long runs on it. And talking. Talking, talking, talking.
If any of the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
* You know, "adult", i.e., controlled stomping, hurling things around while doing your job, brusque comments and answers, muttering under your breath, and a general body language that says "Everyone's so unfair to me".
Friday, February 22, 2013
February 22, 2013 - J
[5:10 ; I arrive]
7:10 ; I thought I saw him, but apparently not.
8:44 ; J arrives
J's work today was a job which is both easy and slow. It involved a run which should last around 10 minutes or so, and takes another 3 or so to reload (let's say 15 minutes per run total). Before he arrived, I managed to do 12 Runs in about 3 and a quarter hours, while also working other jobs on another machine.
Run 1 starts at 8:59
Run 2 starts at about 9:15
Run 3 starts at 9:33
[9:40-10:20 ; I'm in with HR, so I am not in area to observe]
Run 4 finishes at 10:35. I assume J took his usual (overlong) break while I was in HR, and so did almost no work then.
Run 5 finishes at 10:52
Run 6 starts at 11:00
Run 7 starts at around 11:23
[11:34-12:08 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
Run 8 happens while I'm at lunch
Run 9 finishes at 12:14
12:14-12:17 ; phone - see NOTE 1
Run 10 starts at about 12:20
12:32-12:41 ; sitting, phone
Run 11 starts at 12:45
12:51-12:54 ; wandering
Run 12 starts at 1:00
1:19-2:03 ; wandering (lunch, most likely), with a pass-thru at 1:27
2:05 ; eating
Run 13 starts at 2:05
Run 14 starts 2:20
Run 15 starts 2:45 on machine 1
Run 16 starts 2:45 on machine 2
{3:02 ; Lz starts working on machine 1, displacing J}
[3:23 ; I leave work]
NOTE 1: I should point out that this was not the only time that J was on the phone. I've gotten to the point that if he's not on the phone while his machine(s) arent running for a period of three minutes or more, I dont usually make note of it. It should, however, be understood that at any given moment when J is at work, machines running or not, odds are about 50/50 that he is using his phone.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
7:10 ; I thought I saw him, but apparently not.
8:44 ; J arrives
J's work today was a job which is both easy and slow. It involved a run which should last around 10 minutes or so, and takes another 3 or so to reload (let's say 15 minutes per run total). Before he arrived, I managed to do 12 Runs in about 3 and a quarter hours, while also working other jobs on another machine.
Run 1 starts at 8:59
Run 2 starts at about 9:15
Run 3 starts at 9:33
[9:40-10:20 ; I'm in with HR, so I am not in area to observe]
Run 4 finishes at 10:35. I assume J took his usual (overlong) break while I was in HR, and so did almost no work then.
Run 5 finishes at 10:52
Run 6 starts at 11:00
Run 7 starts at around 11:23
[11:34-12:08 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
Run 8 happens while I'm at lunch
Run 9 finishes at 12:14
12:14-12:17 ; phone - see NOTE 1
Run 10 starts at about 12:20
12:32-12:41 ; sitting, phone
Run 11 starts at 12:45
12:51-12:54 ; wandering
Run 12 starts at 1:00
1:19-2:03 ; wandering (lunch, most likely), with a pass-thru at 1:27
2:05 ; eating
Run 13 starts at 2:05
Run 14 starts 2:20
Run 15 starts 2:45 on machine 1
Run 16 starts 2:45 on machine 2
{3:02 ; Lz starts working on machine 1, displacing J}
[3:23 ; I leave work]
NOTE 1: I should point out that this was not the only time that J was on the phone. I've gotten to the point that if he's not on the phone while his machine(s) arent running for a period of three minutes or more, I dont usually make note of it. It should, however, be understood that at any given moment when J is at work, machines running or not, odds are about 50/50 that he is using his phone.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
February 21, 2013 - J
[5:30 I arrive at work]
6:30 ; J arrives
6:40 ; J begins to work! Color me shocked.
6:40-7:40 ; Job 1: 60 pcs of coroplast approx. 24x40
7:45-8:00 ; Job 2: styrene, 6 pcs
8:10-8:25 ; Job 3: ad fab; job interrupted before finished, approx. 80-100 pcs finished.
8:13-8:18 ; computer-based HR stuff
8:19-8:24 ; searching for missing (new) calculator
8:28-8:36 ; fretting about information on pay-stubs
[9:05-9:18 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
9:23-9:50 ; wandering
10:00 ; Job 4: PVC. This job involves runs that last about 15 minutes start to start. J was told to run it on two machines. See below for details.
11:08-11:14 ; sitting and apparently writing rap lyrics, as far as I could tell.
[11:25-11:53 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
1:09-1:45 ; wandering
2:13-2:29 ; wandering
2:52-2:55 ; wandering
2:55-2:58 ; eating
3:25ish ; 2nd shift has arrived and J is done running Job 4. Puttering follows.
[3:58 ; I leave work]
Job 4: Details.
Okay, so J was working on what for him has been a classic goof-off job. Normal procedure for him is to run this job at about half the default speed. I run it trouble-free at almost double the default, and since I'm the one who set up the original default, this new speed is really where it ought to stay. The day before, I made 6 Runs on the machine J uses, and did so in an hour and a half, while working other jobs on another machine. J, on the other hand, ran the machine at default speed, thus increasing his run-time length (the better to have more time to devote to his phone, I'm guessing*). Also, while a person who was interested in producing a reasonable amount of product would start one machine, then load the other while the first was running, thus getting the two so that reloading and restarting would alternate, J prefers to reload one, then let it sit while reloading the other, then start them both at the same time, thus guaranteeing himself a period of ten minutes or more in which to goof off. He also has a habit of pausing his machines while he takes breaks or lunch, apparently considering goofing off time to be more important than productivity, even productivity that occurs while he is gone. Anyway, here's the timeline for the work he did:
10:00 ; by management to stop Job 3 and start on Job 4
10:10 ; starts machine M {Run 1}
10:14 ; starts machine Z {Run 2}
10:32 ; starts both machines {Runs 3+4} (actually, M started at 10:31 and Z started at 10:33, but I'm going to split the different when they are this close together)
10:51 ; starts both machines - Z finishes at 11:06, and M finishes at 11:12 {Runs 5+6}
11:22 ; starts both machines {Runs 7+8}
[11:25-11:53 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:00ish ; both machines finish {Runs 9+10}
12:09 ; starts both machines, machine M finishes at 12:25 {Runs 11+12}
12:30ish ; starts machine Z, then soon pauses it until 12:36, run finished at 12:50 {Run 13}
12:36 ; starts machine M, runs finished at 12:50 {Run 14}
1:48 ; starts both machines, runs finished at 2:05 {Runs 15+16}
2:12 ; starts both machines, runs finished at 2:27 {Runs 17+18}
2:40 ; starts both machines, runs finished at 2:55 {Runs 19+20}
3:03ish ; starts both machines, runs finished at 3:20 {Runs 21+22}
Score: 22 Runs on two machines, or 11 Runs per machine. Time to do so, 4 hours and 35 minutes (subtracting lunch), or about 25 minutes per Run. This is almost twice the time I took when I ran my Runs.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
* This is a fairly easy guess because he is using his phone a minimum of 50% of the workday**, especially when he has slow jobs like this one.
** estimated
6:30 ; J arrives
6:40 ; J begins to work! Color me shocked.
6:40-7:40 ; Job 1: 60 pcs of coroplast approx. 24x40
7:45-8:00 ; Job 2: styrene, 6 pcs
8:10-8:25 ; Job 3: ad fab; job interrupted before finished, approx. 80-100 pcs finished.
8:13-8:18 ; computer-based HR stuff
8:19-8:24 ; searching for missing (new) calculator
8:28-8:36 ; fretting about information on pay-stubs
[9:05-9:18 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
9:23-9:50 ; wandering
10:00 ; Job 4: PVC. This job involves runs that last about 15 minutes start to start. J was told to run it on two machines. See below for details.
11:08-11:14 ; sitting and apparently writing rap lyrics, as far as I could tell.
[11:25-11:53 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
1:09-1:45 ; wandering
2:13-2:29 ; wandering
2:52-2:55 ; wandering
2:55-2:58 ; eating
3:25ish ; 2nd shift has arrived and J is done running Job 4. Puttering follows.
[3:58 ; I leave work]
Job 4: Details.
Okay, so J was working on what for him has been a classic goof-off job. Normal procedure for him is to run this job at about half the default speed. I run it trouble-free at almost double the default, and since I'm the one who set up the original default, this new speed is really where it ought to stay. The day before, I made 6 Runs on the machine J uses, and did so in an hour and a half, while working other jobs on another machine. J, on the other hand, ran the machine at default speed, thus increasing his run-time length (the better to have more time to devote to his phone, I'm guessing*). Also, while a person who was interested in producing a reasonable amount of product would start one machine, then load the other while the first was running, thus getting the two so that reloading and restarting would alternate, J prefers to reload one, then let it sit while reloading the other, then start them both at the same time, thus guaranteeing himself a period of ten minutes or more in which to goof off. He also has a habit of pausing his machines while he takes breaks or lunch, apparently considering goofing off time to be more important than productivity, even productivity that occurs while he is gone. Anyway, here's the timeline for the work he did:
10:00 ; by management to stop Job 3 and start on Job 4
10:10 ; starts machine M {Run 1}
10:14 ; starts machine Z {Run 2}
10:32 ; starts both machines {Runs 3+4} (actually, M started at 10:31 and Z started at 10:33, but I'm going to split the different when they are this close together)
10:51 ; starts both machines - Z finishes at 11:06, and M finishes at 11:12 {Runs 5+6}
11:22 ; starts both machines {Runs 7+8}
[11:25-11:53 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:00ish ; both machines finish {Runs 9+10}
12:09 ; starts both machines, machine M finishes at 12:25 {Runs 11+12}
12:30ish ; starts machine Z, then soon pauses it until 12:36, run finished at 12:50 {Run 13}
12:36 ; starts machine M, runs finished at 12:50 {Run 14}
1:48 ; starts both machines, runs finished at 2:05 {Runs 15+16}
2:12 ; starts both machines, runs finished at 2:27 {Runs 17+18}
2:40 ; starts both machines, runs finished at 2:55 {Runs 19+20}
3:03ish ; starts both machines, runs finished at 3:20 {Runs 21+22}
Score: 22 Runs on two machines, or 11 Runs per machine. Time to do so, 4 hours and 35 minutes (subtracting lunch), or about 25 minutes per Run. This is almost twice the time I took when I ran my Runs.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
* This is a fairly easy guess because he is using his phone a minimum of 50% of the workday**, especially when he has slow jobs like this one.
** estimated
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
February 20, 2013 - J
[5:15 ; I arrive at work]
6:35 ; J arrives at work
6:45-6:50 ; wandering
[7:00ish-7:20ish ; I am too busy to observe]
7:26 ; Job 1 on table: 4 pcs, 1/4" falconboard, approx 45x75, finished 7:50
7:51-7:55 ; sitting
8:06-8:09 ; sitting
8:12-8:17 ; wandering
8:18 ; Job 2 on table, first cut at 8:24, 3 pcs static cling approx 50x18, finished 8:36
8:36-8:41 ; sitting
8:48 ; Job 3 on table, but later abandoned until later.
8:48-8:56 ; sitting
8:56-8:58 ; wandering
9:05 ; Job 4 on table, for details see below.
9:24-9:49 ; wandering
9:49-9:54 ; yakking w/ S
10:04-10:09 ; sitting
10:11-10:15 ; sitting
10:28-10:30 ; sitting, phone
10:51-11:03 ; wandering
11:03-11:09 ; phone
11:09-11:11 ; wandering
11:11-11:18 ; sitting
11:19- ? ; sitting, phone
[11:22-11:58 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:19-12:22 ; wandering
12:42-12:45 ; sitting
12:55-1:04 ; wandering
1:18-1:51 ; wandering
2:00 ; Job 5 on table; 3/16" CBU, 30x40 2 pcs (or maybe 4, cant remember)
2:05ish ; Job 6 on table; styrene, 40x20ish, 3 pcs
2:11-2:15 ; yakking
2:17 ; Job 3 back on table
2:18-2:39 ; wandering
{2:33 ; V in}
{2:33-2:58 ; V wandering}
2:39-2:41 ; sitting
2:43 ; Job 3 finished - 7 pcs of 3/16 Gator, approx 6x10
2:54 ; Job 7 (a repeat of Job 6) finished
3:10 ; J leaves work.
[3:25 ; I leave work]
Job 4 details: 108 pcs; 2 up on Coroplast, each piece 36x42, each board approx 2:00 min start-to-start.
9:04 arrives with cart of material
9:05 first board on table
9:09 first board cut
9:10 starts to set up new recycle box, then decides not to.
9:20 second board cut
9:55 third board cut
10:47 20th board cut
12:18 42nd board cut
12:54 54th (last) board cut
Time spent by J to cut each board: a bit over 4 minutes each.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
6:35 ; J arrives at work
6:45-6:50 ; wandering
[7:00ish-7:20ish ; I am too busy to observe]
7:26 ; Job 1 on table: 4 pcs, 1/4" falconboard, approx 45x75, finished 7:50
7:51-7:55 ; sitting
8:06-8:09 ; sitting
8:12-8:17 ; wandering
8:18 ; Job 2 on table, first cut at 8:24, 3 pcs static cling approx 50x18, finished 8:36
8:36-8:41 ; sitting
8:48 ; Job 3 on table, but later abandoned until later.
8:48-8:56 ; sitting
8:56-8:58 ; wandering
9:05 ; Job 4 on table, for details see below.
9:24-9:49 ; wandering
9:49-9:54 ; yakking w/ S
10:04-10:09 ; sitting
10:11-10:15 ; sitting
10:28-10:30 ; sitting, phone
10:51-11:03 ; wandering
11:03-11:09 ; phone
11:09-11:11 ; wandering
11:11-11:18 ; sitting
11:19- ? ; sitting, phone
[11:22-11:58 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:19-12:22 ; wandering
12:42-12:45 ; sitting
12:55-1:04 ; wandering
1:18-1:51 ; wandering
2:00 ; Job 5 on table; 3/16" CBU, 30x40 2 pcs (or maybe 4, cant remember)
2:05ish ; Job 6 on table; styrene, 40x20ish, 3 pcs
2:11-2:15 ; yakking
2:17 ; Job 3 back on table
2:18-2:39 ; wandering
{2:33 ; V in}
{2:33-2:58 ; V wandering}
2:39-2:41 ; sitting
2:43 ; Job 3 finished - 7 pcs of 3/16 Gator, approx 6x10
2:54 ; Job 7 (a repeat of Job 6) finished
3:10 ; J leaves work.
[3:25 ; I leave work]
Job 4 details: 108 pcs; 2 up on Coroplast, each piece 36x42, each board approx 2:00 min start-to-start.
9:04 arrives with cart of material
9:05 first board on table
9:09 first board cut
9:10 starts to set up new recycle box, then decides not to.
9:20 second board cut
9:55 third board cut
10:47 20th board cut
12:18 42nd board cut
12:54 54th (last) board cut
Time spent by J to cut each board: a bit over 4 minutes each.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
February 19, 2013 - J
[6:00 ; I arrive]
7:05ish ; J arrives
7:10-7:13 ; wandering
7:37-7:45 ; sitting - doing something on computer, but not the internet
7:56 ; first piece of material on table for Job 1
8:02-8:08 ; wandering
8:10-9:22 ; Job 1, 320 pcs of durasheet with adhesive, 11.5x11.5 each
9:22-9:58 ; wandering
9:58-10:01 ; yakking
10:01-10:09 ; sitting, phone
10:11-10:16 ; phone, yakking
10:27 ; Job 2 on table; see details below
10:48-10:52 ; sitting, phone
11:21-11:27 ; wandering
[11:29-12:00 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:06-12:12 ; sitting, phone
12:15-12:28 ; sitting, phone
12:35-12:50 ; J searches for his lost Bluetooth earpiece*.
12:50-12:56 ; yakking
12:56-12:58 ; phone
1:15-1:54 ; wandering (lunch)
1:54-2:01 ; phone
2:01-2:02 ; wandering
2:03-2:05 ; something worth noting which I forgot to make a note of
[2:05-2:21 ; company meeting]
2:23-2:29 ; wandering
2:46-2:59 ; wandering
3:40ish ; sitting in breakroom
[3:45 ; I leave the building]
Job 2 details: static cling, 2 rolls size and quantity unrecorded. Rolls were cut using J's Standard Operating Procedure: J starts a run (which will last, at most, a minute), then immediately turns to his phone. He stares at the phone long after the run finishes. Finally, after a minute of two, he turns away from the phone, clears the machine, starts another run, turns to the phone and stares at it long after the run ends. This is how nearly every job he does is handled.
Roll 1 cut 10:31-1:00 ; (although, subtracting the time goofing off shown above, time spent is only 1 hour and 37 minutes, though that number is itself still subject to J's S.O.P.)
Roll 2 cut 1:10-3:28 ; (although, subtracting the time goofing off shown above, time spent is only 53 minutes, though that number is itself still subject to J's S.O.P.
This is at least twice as long as this job should have taken. You'll notice that, as is often the case, he manages to finish the job right as his shift ends.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
* This search will go on from time to time for the next few days.
7:05ish ; J arrives
7:10-7:13 ; wandering
7:37-7:45 ; sitting - doing something on computer, but not the internet
7:56 ; first piece of material on table for Job 1
8:02-8:08 ; wandering
8:10-9:22 ; Job 1, 320 pcs of durasheet with adhesive, 11.5x11.5 each
9:22-9:58 ; wandering
9:58-10:01 ; yakking
10:01-10:09 ; sitting, phone
10:11-10:16 ; phone, yakking
10:27 ; Job 2 on table; see details below
10:48-10:52 ; sitting, phone
11:21-11:27 ; wandering
[11:29-12:00 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:06-12:12 ; sitting, phone
12:15-12:28 ; sitting, phone
12:35-12:50 ; J searches for his lost Bluetooth earpiece*.
12:50-12:56 ; yakking
12:56-12:58 ; phone
1:15-1:54 ; wandering (lunch)
1:54-2:01 ; phone
2:01-2:02 ; wandering
2:03-2:05 ; something worth noting which I forgot to make a note of
[2:05-2:21 ; company meeting]
2:23-2:29 ; wandering
2:46-2:59 ; wandering
3:40ish ; sitting in breakroom
[3:45 ; I leave the building]
Job 2 details: static cling, 2 rolls size and quantity unrecorded. Rolls were cut using J's Standard Operating Procedure: J starts a run (which will last, at most, a minute), then immediately turns to his phone. He stares at the phone long after the run finishes. Finally, after a minute of two, he turns away from the phone, clears the machine, starts another run, turns to the phone and stares at it long after the run ends. This is how nearly every job he does is handled.
Roll 1 cut 10:31-1:00 ; (although, subtracting the time goofing off shown above, time spent is only 1 hour and 37 minutes, though that number is itself still subject to J's S.O.P.)
Roll 2 cut 1:10-3:28 ; (although, subtracting the time goofing off shown above, time spent is only 53 minutes, though that number is itself still subject to J's S.O.P.
This is at least twice as long as this job should have taken. You'll notice that, as is often the case, he manages to finish the job right as his shift ends.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
* This search will go on from time to time for the next few days.
Monday, February 18, 2013
February 18, 2013 - J
[6:58 ; I arrive at work]
6:58 ; J is already at work when I arrive
[6:58-8:00ish ; I am too busy to observe]
8:11-8:43 ; phone, sitting
8:48 ; see NOTE 1
8:49-9:30 ; gratuitous cleaning, see NOTE 2
9:30-9:53 ; wandering
10:13-10:19 ; wandering
[11:33-11:55 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
11:59-12:03 ; sitting, phone
12:38-12:50 ; wandering
12:53-1:01 ; wandering
1:10-1:11 ; wandering
1:13-1:52 ; wandering
1:57-2:00 wandering
[2:18-2:26 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -2:27 ; wandering
[2:35-2:45 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -2:48 ; wandering
[3:35 ; I leave work]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: Details on this job are as follows:
8:48 ; brings over cart containing a job - 23 sintra boards, each with 12ct 12x23 pieces
10:00 ; first board on table
10:30 ; first board cut. It should be noted at this point that J was cutting this job at about 1/3 to 1/4 of the speed at which it should have been cut, taking 8 minutes to cut 1 board, (it should have taken more like 3). Even at this slow rate, the job would have taken 3 hours had he worked at it.
1:13 ; 16 boards cut, 7 left. One board was left paused in mid-cut on the table, rather than letting it continue to finish while he left for lunch.
3:00 ; job done. Time spent on job (minus lunch): 4 hours, 33 minutes (or almost 12 minutes per board). Time it should have taken (at 4 minutes per board): 92 minutes (conservatively), and finished well before lunch.
For a large portion of the day, he had managed to arrange a barrier of sorts made of uncut work between himself and the rest of the building, the better to goof off behind unobserved.
NOTE 2: among other things, J spent 15-20 minutes outside the building with a forklift rearranging pallets. Result: he brought in 3 pallets for our use.
6:58 ; J is already at work when I arrive
[6:58-8:00ish ; I am too busy to observe]
8:11-8:43 ; phone, sitting
8:48 ; see NOTE 1
8:49-9:30 ; gratuitous cleaning, see NOTE 2
9:30-9:53 ; wandering
10:13-10:19 ; wandering
[11:33-11:55 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
11:59-12:03 ; sitting, phone
12:38-12:50 ; wandering
12:53-1:01 ; wandering
1:10-1:11 ; wandering
1:13-1:52 ; wandering
1:57-2:00 wandering
[2:18-2:26 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -2:27 ; wandering
[2:35-2:45 ; I am not in area to observe]
? -2:48 ; wandering
[3:35 ; I leave work]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: Details on this job are as follows:
8:48 ; brings over cart containing a job - 23 sintra boards, each with 12ct 12x23 pieces
10:00 ; first board on table
10:30 ; first board cut. It should be noted at this point that J was cutting this job at about 1/3 to 1/4 of the speed at which it should have been cut, taking 8 minutes to cut 1 board, (it should have taken more like 3). Even at this slow rate, the job would have taken 3 hours had he worked at it.
1:13 ; 16 boards cut, 7 left. One board was left paused in mid-cut on the table, rather than letting it continue to finish while he left for lunch.
3:00 ; job done. Time spent on job (minus lunch): 4 hours, 33 minutes (or almost 12 minutes per board). Time it should have taken (at 4 minutes per board): 92 minutes (conservatively), and finished well before lunch.
For a large portion of the day, he had managed to arrange a barrier of sorts made of uncut work between himself and the rest of the building, the better to goof off behind unobserved.
NOTE 2: among other things, J spent 15-20 minutes outside the building with a forklift rearranging pallets. Result: he brought in 3 pallets for our use.
Friday, February 15, 2013
February 15, 2013 - J
[5:35 ; I arrive]
7:00 ; J arrives
7:05ish-7:19 ; see NOTE 1
7:20-7:25 ; wandering
8:09 ; first material on table.
8:30 ; actually starts working! see Order 1.
9:25-9:49 ; wandering
9:50-9:52 ; wandering
9:52-10:21 ; phone, yakking, sitting, and internet 10:02-10:05, see NOTE 2
10:22-10:31 ; wandering, see NOTE 3
[11:05-11:30 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:07ish-12:09 ; yakking, see NOTE 4
12:09-12:14 ; sitting, phone
12:30- ? ; phone
12:33-12:35 ; wandering
+12:39-12:47 ; sitting, phone
12:47-12:54 ; wandering
1:07-1:47 ; wandering
1:47-1:51 ; wandering
[2:00-2:15 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
2:34-2:48 ; wandering
2:55ish ; working!
[3:28 ; I leave work]
J and the Trainee's Accomplishments for the Day:
Order 1: 7:19-8:45 ; around 6 pcs (10x20ish) of 060 styrene - finished @ 8:30
pause to dig out material: 8:45-9:00
Order 2: 9:00-9:14 ; around 6 pcs (10x20ish) of 24pt board
Order 3: banner; appears on table at around 9:40, disappears around 10:49. I assume it was finished.
Order 4: after long discussion about the machine, sometime after noon a single 8x10 piece of plex is made (while Trainee is at lunch). Cutting finally resumes at 2:55 and is finished and cleaned up before I leave (approximately 25-30 pcs, though possibly as many as 40). Sometime after 11 is when the head came off, and at 11:55 the routing board was in place.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: J is on his second day of training a new guy. Said Trainee is on his fifth day of training overall. For some reason, he and J spent an hour talking about who knows what, a significant part of it by the order bags(7:05ish-7:19), rather than the far more effective method of demonstrating the work by actually doing it. This is the pattern for the rest of the day.
NOTE 2: J took his "break" (9:25-9:49, 24 minutes long) while the Trainee killed time, then the Trainee took a break (9:50-10:15, 25 minutes long) while J killed time rather than working.
NOTE 3: Left carrying an order bag, stood talking to PT the entire time, then returned to work on unrelated job.
NOTE 4: Trainee takes lunch (12:00-12:57) separately from J (1:07-1:47).
Finally, just because I like graphics, here's a clock graph of the day:
7:00 ; J arrives
7:05ish-7:19 ; see NOTE 1
7:20-7:25 ; wandering
8:09 ; first material on table.
8:30 ; actually starts working! see Order 1.
9:25-9:49 ; wandering
9:50-9:52 ; wandering
9:52-10:21 ; phone, yakking, sitting, and internet 10:02-10:05, see NOTE 2
10:22-10:31 ; wandering, see NOTE 3
[11:05-11:30 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:07ish-12:09 ; yakking, see NOTE 4
12:09-12:14 ; sitting, phone
12:30- ? ; phone
12:33-12:35 ; wandering
+12:39-12:47 ; sitting, phone
12:47-12:54 ; wandering
1:07-1:47 ; wandering
1:47-1:51 ; wandering
[2:00-2:15 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
2:34-2:48 ; wandering
2:55ish ; working!
[3:28 ; I leave work]
J and the Trainee's Accomplishments for the Day:
Order 1: 7:19-8:45 ; around 6 pcs (10x20ish) of 060 styrene - finished @ 8:30
pause to dig out material: 8:45-9:00
Order 2: 9:00-9:14 ; around 6 pcs (10x20ish) of 24pt board
Order 3: banner; appears on table at around 9:40, disappears around 10:49. I assume it was finished.
Order 4: after long discussion about the machine, sometime after noon a single 8x10 piece of plex is made (while Trainee is at lunch). Cutting finally resumes at 2:55 and is finished and cleaned up before I leave (approximately 25-30 pcs, though possibly as many as 40). Sometime after 11 is when the head came off, and at 11:55 the routing board was in place.
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: J is on his second day of training a new guy. Said Trainee is on his fifth day of training overall. For some reason, he and J spent an hour talking about who knows what, a significant part of it by the order bags(7:05ish-7:19), rather than the far more effective method of demonstrating the work by actually doing it. This is the pattern for the rest of the day.
NOTE 2: J took his "break" (9:25-9:49, 24 minutes long) while the Trainee killed time, then the Trainee took a break (9:50-10:15, 25 minutes long) while J killed time rather than working.
NOTE 3: Left carrying an order bag, stood talking to PT the entire time, then returned to work on unrelated job.
NOTE 4: Trainee takes lunch (12:00-12:57) separately from J (1:07-1:47).
Finally, just because I like graphics, here's a clock graph of the day:
Thursday, February 7, 2013
February 7, 2013 - J
[5:01 ; I arrive at work]
{? - 5:10ish ; O walks in with a drink he obviously went somewhere in a car to get.}
{5:15-7:00 ; see NOTE 1}
{6:18 ; S arrives}
{6:18-7:00 ; S on internet, yakking, wandering}
7:11 ; J arrives
7:15-7:21 ; wandering
7:21-7:30 ; gratuitous cleaning
7:30-7:33 ; wandering
[8:27-8:43 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
9:00ish ; see NOTE 2
9:30ish ; caught on phone by VP
9:30-10:00ish ; wandering
10:11 ; see NOTE 3
10:35-10:41 ; wandering
10:44-10:46 ; wandering
11:12 ; see NOTE 4
[11:35-11:48 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:37-12:44 ; wandering
1:16-2:04 ; wandering
2:07-2:12 ; wandering
+2:47-2:56 ; wandering
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: O had time to do 4 rolls of items, but only managed to do 2, because he spent too much time yakking, often with S.
NOTE 2: J is cutting pieces from sintra, using a speed of about 1"/sec, or about 1/4 to 1/8 the speed he ought to be going. This is a typical J maneuver designed to give more time to spend on his phone or otherwise goofing off. Also, J's typical M.O. of loading a board, starting the run, then ignoring it in favor of his phone even for a minute or two after the run ends is firmly in place. Or, if not the phone, writing rap lyrics (or something).
NOTE 3: J is back on his phone.
NOTE 4: J taken to conference room by HK (management). Am told he was written up on orders from VP for phone use at work. Upon return, shows no change in behavior aside from scowling. Still running sintra at super-slow speed, still using phone, albeit slightly more surreptitiously.
{? - 5:10ish ; O walks in with a drink he obviously went somewhere in a car to get.}
{5:15-7:00 ; see NOTE 1}
{6:18 ; S arrives}
{6:18-7:00 ; S on internet, yakking, wandering}
7:11 ; J arrives
7:15-7:21 ; wandering
7:21-7:30 ; gratuitous cleaning
7:30-7:33 ; wandering
[8:27-8:43 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
9:00ish ; see NOTE 2
9:30ish ; caught on phone by VP
9:30-10:00ish ; wandering
10:11 ; see NOTE 3
10:35-10:41 ; wandering
10:44-10:46 ; wandering
11:12 ; see NOTE 4
[11:35-11:48 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
12:37-12:44 ; wandering
1:16-2:04 ; wandering
2:07-2:12 ; wandering
+2:47-2:56 ; wandering
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: O had time to do 4 rolls of items, but only managed to do 2, because he spent too much time yakking, often with S.
NOTE 2: J is cutting pieces from sintra, using a speed of about 1"/sec, or about 1/4 to 1/8 the speed he ought to be going. This is a typical J maneuver designed to give more time to spend on his phone or otherwise goofing off. Also, J's typical M.O. of loading a board, starting the run, then ignoring it in favor of his phone even for a minute or two after the run ends is firmly in place. Or, if not the phone, writing rap lyrics (or something).
NOTE 3: J is back on his phone.
NOTE 4: J taken to conference room by HK (management). Am told he was written up on orders from VP for phone use at work. Upon return, shows no change in behavior aside from scowling. Still running sintra at super-slow speed, still using phone, albeit slightly more surreptitiously.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
January 31, 2013 - J
[6:08 ; I arrive]
7:15ish ; J arrives
7:15ish-7:35 ; wandering, yakking
+7:42-7:59 ; phone - see NOTE 1
8:00-8:08 ; sitting
[8:03-8:05 ; I am not in area to observe]
8:08-8:27 ; J "searches" for the pieces for his job
9:00ish-9:14 ; wandering
9:18-9:24 ; phone
[9:27-9:45 ; management (HK) in area]
9:31-9:47 ; wandering
9:54-9:59 ; yakking, with S, who was also not working
10:14-10:18 ; phone
10:24-10:28 ; phone
10:28-10:31 ; sitting
10:31-10:34 ; phone
10:34-10:40 ; sitting, phone, yakking
[10:38-10:42 ; management (HK) in area]
10:42-10:45 ; sitting, phone
10:52-11:02 ; sitting, phone
11:21-11:28 ; phone, sitting
[11:35-11:39 ; I am not in area to observe]
?-11:41 ; phone
[11:45-12:00 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
?-12:18 ; wandering
12:59-? ; phone, wandering
[1:04-1:13 ; I am not in area to observe]
?-1:13 ; sitting
1:17-1:57 ; wandering
2:02-2:06 ; sitting
2:09-2:14 ; wandering
2:19-2:22 ; phone
2:26-2:30 ; phone
[2:30 ; management (MW) in area]
2:43-2:55 ; wandering
3:00-? ; phone
3:04-? ; yakking
[3:08-3:10 ; I am not in area to observe]
?-? ; yakking
[3:15-3:23 ; I am not in area to observe]
3:35ish ; wandering
[3:43 ; I leave work, so I am not in area to observe], J's car still in parking lot
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: Bluetooth, orquietly rapping. Nope, Bluetooth.
Today's thought about J: "I'd call him useless, but he doesnt work enough to qualify".
7:15ish ; J arrives
7:15ish-7:35 ; wandering, yakking
+7:42-7:59 ; phone - see NOTE 1
8:00-8:08 ; sitting
[8:03-8:05 ; I am not in area to observe]
8:08-8:27 ; J "searches" for the pieces for his job
9:00ish-9:14 ; wandering
9:18-9:24 ; phone
[9:27-9:45 ; management (HK) in area]
9:31-9:47 ; wandering
9:54-9:59 ; yakking, with S, who was also not working
10:14-10:18 ; phone
10:24-10:28 ; phone
10:28-10:31 ; sitting
10:31-10:34 ; phone
10:34-10:40 ; sitting, phone, yakking
[10:38-10:42 ; management (HK) in area]
10:42-10:45 ; sitting, phone
10:52-11:02 ; sitting, phone
11:21-11:28 ; phone, sitting
[11:35-11:39 ; I am not in area to observe]
?-11:41 ; phone
[11:45-12:00 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
?-12:18 ; wandering
12:59-? ; phone, wandering
[1:04-1:13 ; I am not in area to observe]
?-1:13 ; sitting
1:17-1:57 ; wandering
2:02-2:06 ; sitting
2:09-2:14 ; wandering
2:19-2:22 ; phone
2:26-2:30 ; phone
[2:30 ; management (MW) in area]
2:43-2:55 ; wandering
3:00-? ; phone
3:04-? ; yakking
[3:08-3:10 ; I am not in area to observe]
?-? ; yakking
[3:15-3:23 ; I am not in area to observe]
3:35ish ; wandering
[3:43 ; I leave work, so I am not in area to observe], J's car still in parking lot
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: Bluetooth, or
Today's thought about J: "I'd call him useless, but he doesnt work enough to qualify".
Friday, January 25, 2013
January 25, 2013 - J
[6:27 ; I arrive]
7:00-ish ; J arrives, but is mostly unobserved until 9:00-ish, but NOTE 1
+9:25-9:45+ ; wandering
[9:45-9:55 ; I am not in area to observe]
+10:05-10:10 ; phone
10:10-10:36 ; sitting
10:36-10:48 ; wandering
10:51-10:54 ; sitting, phone
10:56-10:59 ; phone
11:00-ish ; NOTE 2
[11:32-11:58 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
11:58-12:02 ; phone
12:08-12:14 ; phone
12:14-12:27 ; wandering
12:29-12:44 ; phone
12:45-12:48 ; phone
12:50-12:59 ; phone, sitting
1:01-1:18 ; phone, sitting
1:26-1:59 ; wandering - NOTE 3
+2:08-2:14 ; sitting, phone
2:29-2:35 ; sitting, phone
+2:45-2:51 ; phone
2:51-3:08 ; wandering
3:08-3:10 ; phone
3:10+ ; NOTE 4
[3:37 ; I leave work, J still there]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: As usual, today was a day marked by the standard J "work" pattern: start a run (which would last maybe a minute), then immediately turn to his phone. Stare at the phone long after the run finishes. Finally, turn away from the phone, clear the machine, start another run, turn to the phone and stare at it long after the run ends. This is a normal J day.
NOTE 2: J spends a lot of time counting and recounting his work. Why he doesnt count it as he goes, or perhaps tag it after he counts it, or find another method to fake looking busy, I dont know.
NOTE 3: As of 1:30, J had finished 135 simple pieces. Total. By contrast, by that time, I myself had finished 9 simple pieces, 113 less simple pieces, about 90 complex pieces, and 2 downright diabolical pieces. And had lunch. In the time J took to do those 135 pieces, he should have easily done 2 or 3 times as many.
NOTE 4: I wasnt watching him closely from this point on, but I couldnt see that he did much. In fact, I'd count pretty much the entire period from 1:59 on as a wash.
7:00-ish ; J arrives, but is mostly unobserved until 9:00-ish, but NOTE 1
+9:25-9:45+ ; wandering
[9:45-9:55 ; I am not in area to observe]
+10:05-10:10 ; phone
10:10-10:36 ; sitting
10:36-10:48 ; wandering
10:51-10:54 ; sitting, phone
10:56-10:59 ; phone
11:00-ish ; NOTE 2
[11:32-11:58 ; lunch, I am not in area to observe]
11:58-12:02 ; phone
12:08-12:14 ; phone
12:14-12:27 ; wandering
12:29-12:44 ; phone
12:45-12:48 ; phone
12:50-12:59 ; phone, sitting
1:01-1:18 ; phone, sitting
1:26-1:59 ; wandering - NOTE 3
+2:08-2:14 ; sitting, phone
2:29-2:35 ; sitting, phone
+2:45-2:51 ; phone
2:51-3:08 ; wandering
3:08-3:10 ; phone
3:10+ ; NOTE 4
[3:37 ; I leave work, J still there]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: As usual, today was a day marked by the standard J "work" pattern: start a run (which would last maybe a minute), then immediately turn to his phone. Stare at the phone long after the run finishes. Finally, turn away from the phone, clear the machine, start another run, turn to the phone and stare at it long after the run ends. This is a normal J day.
NOTE 2: J spends a lot of time counting and recounting his work. Why he doesnt count it as he goes, or perhaps tag it after he counts it, or find another method to fake looking busy, I dont know.
NOTE 3: As of 1:30, J had finished 135 simple pieces. Total. By contrast, by that time, I myself had finished 9 simple pieces, 113 less simple pieces, about 90 complex pieces, and 2 downright diabolical pieces. And had lunch. In the time J took to do those 135 pieces, he should have easily done 2 or 3 times as many.
NOTE 4: I wasnt watching him closely from this point on, but I couldnt see that he did much. In fact, I'd count pretty much the entire period from 1:59 on as a wash.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
January 24, 2013 - J
Not much to report on J today. I have notes, but they're pretty penny-ante. The one truly pertinent comment is this: "pattern: start, stare, ignore, start, stare, ignore...".
What this refers to is J's general method of "working" these days, where he starts a run, then turns immediately to his phone. He stays on his phone for at least a minute or two after his run has ended. Then he loads another run, and does the same thing. This pattern will continue all day, occasionally changing things up by, rather than being on the phone, sitting down and writing something (rap lyrics, I think) or simply wandering off for a couple of minutes. If one had the time to spend doing nothing but watching J (or had a camera trained on him), you'd probably find that he is goofing off something on the order of 2 minutes out of every 3.
Another thing: J claimed that last year he made $40,000 dollars. Now, it's assumed (but not known) that he's making about $10 an hour, which would require him to have worked over 22 hours of overtime every week. Not impossible, but somewhat unlikely (not nearly as unlikely as it ought to be, though). On the other hand, if he makes $12.50 an hour, then he would only need 12.3 hours of overtime every week to make this amount, which is pretty easy to imagine him doing.
This is especially imaginable because for a while, he had the day manager and the night manager both thinking that the other had asked him to stay late, and was racking up anywhere from 2 to 5 hours of overtime some, if not most nights. There was also a rumor that for a period of time he was coming into work an hour or so early, clocking in, then leaving again to eat breakfast before returning (more or less) on time.
Addendum: I have been told that J makes $10.50 per hour, which would require a bit above 19 hours of overtime a week, which, while high, is not unimaginable.
What this refers to is J's general method of "working" these days, where he starts a run, then turns immediately to his phone. He stays on his phone for at least a minute or two after his run has ended. Then he loads another run, and does the same thing. This pattern will continue all day, occasionally changing things up by, rather than being on the phone, sitting down and writing something (rap lyrics, I think) or simply wandering off for a couple of minutes. If one had the time to spend doing nothing but watching J (or had a camera trained on him), you'd probably find that he is goofing off something on the order of 2 minutes out of every 3.
Another thing: J claimed that last year he made $40,000 dollars. Now, it's assumed (but not known) that he's making about $10 an hour, which would require him to have worked over 22 hours of overtime every week. Not impossible, but somewhat unlikely (not nearly as unlikely as it ought to be, though). On the other hand, if he makes $12.50 an hour, then he would only need 12.3 hours of overtime every week to make this amount, which is pretty easy to imagine him doing.
This is especially imaginable because for a while, he had the day manager and the night manager both thinking that the other had asked him to stay late, and was racking up anywhere from 2 to 5 hours of overtime some, if not most nights. There was also a rumor that for a period of time he was coming into work an hour or so early, clocking in, then leaving again to eat breakfast before returning (more or less) on time.
Addendum: I have been told that J makes $10.50 per hour, which would require a bit above 19 hours of overtime a week, which, while high, is not unimaginable.
Friday, January 4, 2013
January 4, 2013 - J (sort of) and me
[7:02 ; I arrive]
+7:02 ; J already in, and is eating in dept. until 7:15-ish
Today, I did slow running jobs on two different machines, so I couldnt really watch J with any kind of accuracy. I can tell you that he was gone from 1:30-2:30, with a pass-thru at 2:00. Wherever he went after 2:00, he returned with a shake or something like it. He also disappeared for a half-hour or so around 3:00-3:20-ish, but probably didnt go anywhere in his car*. I can also say that with a ratio on the order of 3:4 or better, every time that I looked over at J, he would most likely be sitting down and not working.
I, on the other hand, did 57 v-cut pieces from 5 different files, plus 20 large and 720 small fabric pieces, so bully for me.
[4:06 ; I leave, J still "working"]
* Management was saying that J needed to go home on time, and I commented that "you'd have to find him first", which got a big laugh, largest of all from management. And yet, though he apparently is aware of the lack of work (or even presence sometimes) of J, they do nothing about him.
+7:02 ; J already in, and is eating in dept. until 7:15-ish
Today, I did slow running jobs on two different machines, so I couldnt really watch J with any kind of accuracy. I can tell you that he was gone from 1:30-2:30, with a pass-thru at 2:00. Wherever he went after 2:00, he returned with a shake or something like it. He also disappeared for a half-hour or so around 3:00-3:20-ish, but probably didnt go anywhere in his car*. I can also say that with a ratio on the order of 3:4 or better, every time that I looked over at J, he would most likely be sitting down and not working.
I, on the other hand, did 57 v-cut pieces from 5 different files, plus 20 large and 720 small fabric pieces, so bully for me.
[4:06 ; I leave, J still "working"]
* Management was saying that J needed to go home on time, and I commented that "you'd have to find him first", which got a big laugh, largest of all from management. And yet, though he apparently is aware of the lack of work (or even presence sometimes) of J, they do nothing about him.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
January 3, 2013 - J
[6:45 ; I arrive]
[7:00 ; I begin Job 1, a v-cut test]
[7:45 ; I begin Job 2, a fabric job, 120 small pcs]
7:53 ; J arrives
[8:00 ; I begin Job 3, a v-cut job - 72 pcs]
8:00-8:20 ; gratuitous cleaning
8:30-8:47 ; phone
[8:47-8:48 ; management in area - MW]
8:53ish -9:00 ; See NOTE 1
[8:54-8:56 ; management in area - HP]
9:00 ; "starts" on first and only job - see NOTE 2
9:08-9:17 ; phone
[9:20-9:21 ; management in area - HK]
9:31- ? ; phone
9:38-9:42 ; phone
[9:46-10:06 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
? - 10:21 ; wandering
10:28-10:34 ; Note 3 @ 67%
10:44-10:50 ; phone
[10:45 ; I begin Job 4 - large fabric, 1 pc]
[11:15 ; I begin Job 5 - large fabric, 160 pcs - see NOTE 4]
11:38-11:41 ; wandering
11:41- ? ; phone
[11:44-12:08 ; lunch, I am not in the area to observe]
12:08-12:19 ; wandering
12:26- ? ; sitting
[12:27-12:42 ; bathroom, I am not in the area to observe]
? -12:52 ; sitting/phone
[12:53-12:54 ; management in area - MW]
1:00-1:10 ; sitting
1:12-1:19 ; management in area - HK, MW]
[1:23-1:24 ; management in area - MW]
1:23-2:01 ; wandering - NOTE 5
2:05-2:15 ; phone
2:22-2:24 ; phone
2:34-2:40 ; sitting
2:44-2:51 ; sitting/phone
2:51-3:52 ; wandering - NOTE 6
3:52-3:55 ; sitting
[3:56 ; I leave the building]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: A bit before this, J is doing something involving an already finished job, looking it over, re-packaging it, something, I dont really know.
NOTE 2: So here's how the one job J did all day went down:
9:00 ; got table with uncut boards
9:20 ; first board on table
9:24 ; first board actually cut!
9:28 ; second board cut
9:37 ; fourth board cut
10:00 ; seven boards cut
12:08 ; 26 boards have been cut
1:30 ; 34 boards have been cut
3:00 ; 37 boards have been cut
Several things should be noted here: A) it took about 50 seconds to process a board, and no more than that to empty the table and reload, so say it should take about 2 minutes per board. S, who is no great worker himself, also worked on an identical job. He started at around 11:00 and stopped around 3:00 with 41 boards done.
NOTE 3: Sometimes, J doesnt work more, but goofs off smarter. He alternates between working and not, so that it becomes difficult to track him unless you watch him at all times. He's not goofing off non-stop, but he's not really working, either. I've struggled with how to document this, and I think I came up with a decent system: during a given time period, I look over at J at random and ask this question when I do - Is he working, yes or no? I am allowed to note this no more than once a minute, and at the end of a time period, I calculate the percentage of times I've seen him goofing off versus the whole number of observations within that time, which gives me a goof-off "rate". This eliminates (or at least lessens) the subjectivity of my estimates of the level of his malingering.
I dont actually use this much this day.
NOTE 4: This is the same job J was doing the entire day before (staying until after 8:00 pm), on the same machine, with a helper to catch the pieces. He did no more than I did, probably less, though it's hard to tell since he didnt log his work. He might have been more productive had he not been staring at his phone nearly every time looked over at him. I rather pitied his poor helper.
NOTE 5: where ever J went, he went there in his car, and returned with food, which he spent the next 15 minutes or so eating in the department.
NOTE 6: I saw J leave the building through the side door, and re-enter that way an hour later, looking rather stunned or groggy. His car didnt seem to move, so I wonder if he was outside sleeping in it?
[7:00 ; I begin Job 1, a v-cut test]
[7:45 ; I begin Job 2, a fabric job, 120 small pcs]
7:53 ; J arrives
[8:00 ; I begin Job 3, a v-cut job - 72 pcs]
8:00-8:20 ; gratuitous cleaning
8:30-8:47 ; phone
[8:47-8:48 ; management in area - MW]
8:53ish -9:00 ; See NOTE 1
[8:54-8:56 ; management in area - HP]
9:00 ; "starts" on first and only job - see NOTE 2
9:08-9:17 ; phone
[9:20-9:21 ; management in area - HK]
9:31- ? ; phone
9:38-9:42 ; phone
[9:46-10:06 ; break, I am not in area to observe]
? - 10:21 ; wandering
10:28-10:34 ; Note 3 @ 67%
10:44-10:50 ; phone
[10:45 ; I begin Job 4 - large fabric, 1 pc]
[11:15 ; I begin Job 5 - large fabric, 160 pcs - see NOTE 4]
11:38-11:41 ; wandering
11:41- ? ; phone
[11:44-12:08 ; lunch, I am not in the area to observe]
12:08-12:19 ; wandering
12:26- ? ; sitting
[12:27-12:42 ; bathroom, I am not in the area to observe]
? -12:52 ; sitting/phone
[12:53-12:54 ; management in area - MW]
1:00-1:10 ; sitting
1:12-1:19 ; management in area - HK, MW]
[1:23-1:24 ; management in area - MW]
1:23-2:01 ; wandering - NOTE 5
2:05-2:15 ; phone
2:22-2:24 ; phone
2:34-2:40 ; sitting
2:44-2:51 ; sitting/phone
2:51-3:52 ; wandering - NOTE 6
3:52-3:55 ; sitting
[3:56 ; I leave the building]
If the terms used seem confusing, you might read this.
NOTE 1: A bit before this, J is doing something involving an already finished job, looking it over, re-packaging it, something, I dont really know.
NOTE 2: So here's how the one job J did all day went down:
9:00 ; got table with uncut boards
9:20 ; first board on table
9:24 ; first board actually cut!
9:28 ; second board cut
9:37 ; fourth board cut
10:00 ; seven boards cut
12:08 ; 26 boards have been cut
1:30 ; 34 boards have been cut
3:00 ; 37 boards have been cut
Several things should be noted here: A) it took about 50 seconds to process a board, and no more than that to empty the table and reload, so say it should take about 2 minutes per board. S, who is no great worker himself, also worked on an identical job. He started at around 11:00 and stopped around 3:00 with 41 boards done.
NOTE 3: Sometimes, J doesnt work more, but goofs off smarter. He alternates between working and not, so that it becomes difficult to track him unless you watch him at all times. He's not goofing off non-stop, but he's not really working, either. I've struggled with how to document this, and I think I came up with a decent system: during a given time period, I look over at J at random and ask this question when I do - Is he working, yes or no? I am allowed to note this no more than once a minute, and at the end of a time period, I calculate the percentage of times I've seen him goofing off versus the whole number of observations within that time, which gives me a goof-off "rate". This eliminates (or at least lessens) the subjectivity of my estimates of the level of his malingering.
I dont actually use this much this day.
NOTE 4: This is the same job J was doing the entire day before (staying until after 8:00 pm), on the same machine, with a helper to catch the pieces. He did no more than I did, probably less, though it's hard to tell since he didnt log his work. He might have been more productive had he not been staring at his phone nearly every time looked over at him. I rather pitied his poor helper.
NOTE 5: where ever J went, he went there in his car, and returned with food, which he spent the next 15 minutes or so eating in the department.
NOTE 6: I saw J leave the building through the side door, and re-enter that way an hour later, looking rather stunned or groggy. His car didnt seem to move, so I wonder if he was outside sleeping in it?
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