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Hot take: clocking out exactly at 5 cost me a promotion, and a lead hand in Wichita set me straight on that
I always figured staying late was just brown nosing, so for my first two years on the floor I dropped my tools at 5 on the dot no matter what was open. A lead hand named Darryl pulled me aside after a Friday shift and asked me one question: who do you think signs off on your sign offs? He pointed out that the guys who got moved up were the ones who took 20 extra minutes to write clean squawks and double check torque on the next guy's work. I started staying an extra half hour three days a week to finish paperwork right instead of rushing it, and six months later I got bumped to the heavy check crew. It was never about face time, it was about leaving a trail someone else could trust. Darryl retired in 2021 and I still hear his voice when I'm tempted to leave a squawk half written. How do you all handle the end of shift when a job is 90 percent done, do you hand it off or eat the time?
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patel.daniel18d ago
Who writes the handoff note, you or the next guy?
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