The supervisor doesn’t know what to supervise

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This post was last edited by jmdc on 2017-8-5 at 21:36. Supervisors don’t know what to supervise; it seems like nothing really matters – any way of carrying out the work will do. Standards and regulations are often too strict, especially in confined spaces, dangerous areas where it’s difficult for people to reach, or in places where construction is challenging. It’s already hard enough to get things installed there; how can one expect the construction team to do the work meticulously? In fact, as long as something can be installed, it can be used. If it can’t be installed, the construction team has no way to explain themselves, nor can they just give up. Most of the time, as long as the minimum requirement of “being able to install it” is met, it can basically be used. If people keep complaining that this isn’t suitable or that it doesn’t meet the standards, isn’t that just creating trouble for no reason? It’s better to muddle along. They only report the good news and not the problems, and the managers don’t solve anything either. What’s the point of reporting these issues to them? They’ll just say you haven’t handled the problem properly. Managers mostly just emphasize “safety” and copy what others do; they keep repeating things that everyone already understands, pretending to be very knowledgeable. As for things they don’t understand themselves, they don’t set any requirements and let their subordinates try first to see what they can achieve. That’s also a kind of disgusting tactic. . .