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Is there a special place in hell for managers that demand speeding up the line?

I am ranting. My job was reasonably tolerable until our manager retired and was replaced by a clueless woman who is pushing for 12 hour shifts and max machine speed. I tried to reason with them that just because the machine can speed up doesn’t mean the humans tethered to it can keep pace. They don’t want to hear about it. Supervisors actually think it is funny to walk by and turn your speed up. It has been a year now and employees are angry, burnt out and don’t care anymore. Haste makes waste, and that is what is happening. There is a lot of reworks every month. When I work, I fantasize about strapping managers to my truck and making them keep pace with me driving. That is cruel, and I shouldn’t think like that but I can’t help it. I hate my job, but I don’t know what…


I am ranting. My job was reasonably tolerable until our manager retired and was replaced by a clueless woman who is pushing for 12 hour shifts and max machine speed. I tried to reason with them that just because the machine can speed up doesn’t mean the humans tethered to it can keep pace. They don’t want to hear about it. Supervisors actually think it is funny to walk by and turn your speed up. It has been a year now and employees are angry, burnt out and don’t care anymore. Haste makes waste, and that is what is happening. There is a lot of reworks every month. When I work, I fantasize about strapping managers to my truck and making them keep pace with me driving. That is cruel, and I shouldn’t think like that but I can’t help it. I hate my job, but I don’t know what to do next, I have worked in factories all my life. The pay is great but I wish I could do something else.

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