in the mire
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Out walking last week, best not to say where (village of famous castle) as I would not like to get people into trouble.
The council were digging shallow trenches every 200 yards or so to allow water flow off the road ( road not flooded) anyway I counted 8 men some leaning on their shovels looking at a JCB digging the trench, In amongst the men was the local council engineer chatting on the phone whom I just know to see, There were two trucks parked on the road before and after the JCB with their warning lights on to warn on coming traffic (understandable, busy main road) and a driver in each truck. So that's 10 council workers and 1 digger driver, Say each man was on 20euro per hour and the contracted JCB at 30 euro/hr thats 230euro per hour, I watched them for a few minutes and I estimate 2 trenches an hour were been dug (if it was a sub contractor on a fixed price job then it would be 4 trenches an hr)
I took a picture with my phone to show my friends for a laugh (seriously).
My question is, Who organizes the men to do their daily work etc, I though it was the council engineer. Maybe I dont expect a man to dig or clean out a shallow trench but could they have other work to do and leave the JCB work away with safety bollards on the road.
This would be a perfect example of wasted money and unproductive labour organisation. I work in a factory and there would be questions asked about why people are standing around doing nothing.
The council were digging shallow trenches every 200 yards or so to allow water flow off the road ( road not flooded) anyway I counted 8 men some leaning on their shovels looking at a JCB digging the trench, In amongst the men was the local council engineer chatting on the phone whom I just know to see, There were two trucks parked on the road before and after the JCB with their warning lights on to warn on coming traffic (understandable, busy main road) and a driver in each truck. So that's 10 council workers and 1 digger driver, Say each man was on 20euro per hour and the contracted JCB at 30 euro/hr thats 230euro per hour, I watched them for a few minutes and I estimate 2 trenches an hour were been dug (if it was a sub contractor on a fixed price job then it would be 4 trenches an hr)
I took a picture with my phone to show my friends for a laugh (seriously).
My question is, Who organizes the men to do their daily work etc, I though it was the council engineer. Maybe I dont expect a man to dig or clean out a shallow trench but could they have other work to do and leave the JCB work away with safety bollards on the road.
This would be a perfect example of wasted money and unproductive labour organisation. I work in a factory and there would be questions asked about why people are standing around doing nothing.