Teaching new dogs old tricks...
Most of the people I work with have been in cabinet manufacturing more than 30 years and it's rare to see some 'new blood' entering into this field. Most of the new ones who come along, have been schooled in a related design field and have their sights on bigger and better. Being in the kitchen cabinet business is only a stepping stone to being interior designers.Last year, we had a young girl who could do everything we taught her, but her mind wasn't on the job and she moonlighted as a designer selling furnishings and eventually left us to work at a design center.
Her replacement came from another country as an architect but cannot work in America without proper certification/license. While she's good at using the design software, she's lacking some basic knowledge about the kitchen cabinet business that you cannot learn in college or technical trade schools. It's my job to train her in the way that works for us so a year from now, she will be a valuable employee.
Lot's of job folders come across my desk for review and this week, it's labeling the files with the proper identification she needs to work on. I've seen a few drawings for 'master bath' and unable to figure out what customer that 'master bath' drawing is for. The information is listed on the drawing, but I need to see it in the title strip (file name) of the drawings so we can quickly identify the drawing.
I really don't want to be an old dog teaching a new dog some old tricks, but it's got to be done.
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I dictated that when I was a Partner, after I sold and became an employee, the boss and I were on the same page so everyone had to follow the same rule. Sometimes I love rules, especially when many are involved but I will also be the first to admit, I can break rules.