viscountalpha
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Where I work, we have operators who take care of heavy equipment.
Most of the operation of the heavy equipment is automated. They just need to check on things, keep it up to date on maintenance and keep it clean, and fix things when they go wrong.
I pay our guys full time salary. They are on call 24/7. Most weeks, when things are running well and all they have to do is check the oil and take out the trash, they maybe put in about 15 hours of actual time at work.
I don't mind it at all. In fact, the more weeks that are like that, the better, because it means things are running well. I know it's not quite the same as money, but I consider the extra time off a well deserved bonus for the operators for keeping things that way.
But when shit breaks, I expect them to do what needs to be done to make it work again, and to take the time to do it right the first time.
Oh. How I wish more people though about doing it right and doing it the first time.