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Well, since its summer, and bugs come out, we have been getting customer complaints about bugs being squished into rolls of paper (bugs, birds, its a huge open work area....huge....birds and bugs fly into the machines rolling the paper and make a great big mess lol it happens.)
Management solution? Rivet every window shut and hang bug zappers.
Now just so everyone knows, theres a full pulp machine and paper machine, running about 80 feet apart. They both use steam to dry sheets. Its hot as hell. In the middle of -40 Celcius, i wear a sleeveless shirt and shorts in the mill. In +35 like it is now....you just want to die.
Now, we do have several big air movers that are hooked up to a cooling system that never works. The windows kind of tipped the balance and vented enough heat to make it bearable in the heat (our lunch room has A/C but due to our contract, if we are behind, we might not break for the whole 12 hour shift).
We asked them why they didnt just get screens for the windows....their reply "Well how long until somebody steals or cuts them?!"
Ok real smart asshole. I can tell you, the pulp machine isnt running right now, so it isnt bad, but after 3 days of that thing being up and adding to the heat and i guarantee every single piece of glass is gonna be busted out of those things lol, if i dont do it myself, somebody else will, and nothing will ever be done about it, so why not just go the easy way.
On a positive note, we just finished negotiating our new contract and im looking at about a $5-7000 signing bonus every year for the next 5 years, plus a 3% per year raise, so the heat is getting a little easier to deal with lol.
Management solution? Rivet every window shut and hang bug zappers.
Now just so everyone knows, theres a full pulp machine and paper machine, running about 80 feet apart. They both use steam to dry sheets. Its hot as hell. In the middle of -40 Celcius, i wear a sleeveless shirt and shorts in the mill. In +35 like it is now....you just want to die.
Now, we do have several big air movers that are hooked up to a cooling system that never works. The windows kind of tipped the balance and vented enough heat to make it bearable in the heat (our lunch room has A/C but due to our contract, if we are behind, we might not break for the whole 12 hour shift).
We asked them why they didnt just get screens for the windows....their reply "Well how long until somebody steals or cuts them?!"
Ok real smart asshole. I can tell you, the pulp machine isnt running right now, so it isnt bad, but after 3 days of that thing being up and adding to the heat and i guarantee every single piece of glass is gonna be busted out of those things lol, if i dont do it myself, somebody else will, and nothing will ever be done about it, so why not just go the easy way.
On a positive note, we just finished negotiating our new contract and im looking at about a $5-7000 signing bonus every year for the next 5 years, plus a 3% per year raise, so the heat is getting a little easier to deal with lol.
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