okay get your spite fingers ready.... just where did most of you guys spring from? where you born h.p.'s? how many of you actually went to college and or the navy for your h.p. education? how many of you drifted into this business? and did someone not help you out along the line? one of the best h.p.'s I have ever known is Henry, of course I am prejudiced on his account, but he drifted in and he was allowed to learn and was taught by some of the best; but I am very sure that he made mistakes or was slow when he first came on the scene. as I am sure most of you were too. besides many people have slower reaction times, this does not make them bad h.p.'s
I feel sorry for some of the younger techs, newer techs or anyone who has to work with the majority of the attitudes I see at times on here; sure these people may not be as skilled as you (count your blessings), they may not be as quick as you (again be thankful) and I'm sure most regret this and want to be better but the powers that be just ain't leaning that way... too many sights don't allow you to roll back to junior or work with you on this anymore they just cut you loose or cuss you out, or both. you all know its true...then you get back home or to your hotel and read that your coworkers think you're slack and that puts extra pressure on you, whew.
now heres my take on timed test, I think they're b.s. pure and simple; I'd rather have someone who could read the dang meter correctly any day than one who could do it fast. Are we now putting h.p.'s on an assembly line? What type of pressure and possible mistakes could we be causing here, I can just imagine someone more worried about turning out all his surveys in a set amount of time and cutting corners, misreading and heck maybe just guessing instead of taking the time to do it slow and correctly... this is what is wrong with most of the items we now use in our daily lifes, automation. You guys that are in the unions should be standing up for and protesting against this in my book...
didn't mean to read you the riot act, this just struck a raw nerve...
p.s. thanks Bartlett for seeing a need and doing something productive about it