Venting

It was one of the owner's pets where they take a special interest in them for whatever reason. she was actually the shipping and receiving manager.

I always felt bad for people that worked in that department, no chance of success when your boss struggles with counting and common sense.

We also had a brand new pallet wrapper that always "malfunctioned" as well about once a month. I bet the service tech calls weren't cheap for that.

Sounds like some of the shipping managers my previous employer kept hiring. It was like they could do whatever they wanted, until they cost the company a certain dollar amount, then they were fired.

The machine they had was an old manually rotated head with tips you had to unscrew to change. I had an operator snap the tip in half when he accidentally hit it with a part while taking it off the machine. I was actually verbally reprimanded for not making sure the machine had robust enough tips to withstand a direct impact from a 25lb steel part. This was from someone who was an engineer prior to becoming a manager. I told him that upgrading to something like TP20's would require upgrading the controller and head, or getting a newer CMM. I was told that I was being over dramatic, until I handed him the recommendation from Hexagon which stated the same thing. At that point, I was "just being argumentative".

I got the last laugh. They didn't have CAD models or proper fixtures. Everything was makeshift fixtures and physically probing the parts. They didn't want me to waste time writing down lengthy work instructions either. I just documented everything in a personal notebook, for my own reference. when I left, I took my notebook with me. 400+ programs and none of the operators know how to set most of them up and run them.

It was one of the owner's pets where they take a special interest in them for whatever reason. she was actually the shipping and receiving manager.

I always felt bad for people that worked in that department, no chance of success when your boss struggles with counting and common sense.

We also had a brand new pallet wrapper that always "malfunctioned" as well about once a month. I bet the service tech calls weren't cheap for that.

Sounds like some of the shipping managers my previous employer kept hiring. It was like they could do whatever they wanted, until they cost the company a certain dollar amount, then they were fired.

The machine they had was an old manually rotated head with tips you had to unscrew to change. I had an operator snap the tip in half when he accidentally hit it with a part while taking it off the machine. I was actually verbally reprimanded for not making sure the machine had robust enough tips to withstand a direct impact from a 25lb steel part. This was from someone who was an engineer prior to becoming a manager. I told him that upgrading to something like TP20's would require upgrading the controller and head, or getting a newer CMM. I was told that I was being over dramatic, until I handed him the recommendation from Hexagon which stated the same thing. At that point, I was "just being argumentative".

I got the last laugh. They didn't have CAD models or proper fixtures. Everything was makeshift fixtures and physically probing the parts. They didn't want me to waste time writing down lengthy work instructions either. I just documented everything in a personal notebook, for my own reference. when I left, I took my notebook with me. 400+ programs and none of the operators know how to set most of them up and run them.