Thought the same thing. So we were getting a self serve meal and coffee. Had an extra cheap facilities department boss. Electrical contractor were not fond of him. He would make changes on a $150,00 job then hold up payment for many months because work that he changed and a few of the special order luminaries he wanted were in back order but original work order was completed. He insisted that we would have to come in at midnight for some yearly maintenance and work 12 to 14 hours of straight time then come in & only work two hours another day. I would use two or four hours of PPL rather then come in for two to four hours.
You know I've heard those kinds of guys in meetings running their yap about how what guys like us know from working years in the field can be taught in a 6 month vo-tech course. and maybe 2 or 3 months as "a green hat" (new guy). I have news for them, kids don't grow up building tree houses, fixing bicycles, damming up the creek with rocks to make a swimming hole. They don't develop the mechanical skills and aptitude that past generations were learning just by what they did for play.
They think replacing a skilled tradesman is just slightly more costly than replacing a warehouse laborer. And I've seen who HR hires. Lots of old guys going out the door, lots of sharp young guys exiting too, What's coming in is well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
They only look at the recruiting and onboarding costs, maybe some training but not much. It's like they don't even think about downtime, expensive stuff getting destroyed, and all the perfectly serviceable components that end up in the scrap can, when they troubleshoot by firing the parts cannon
