Problems at PGN

[NClineman1]

What do you do, when you have a co-worker that is unsafe and takes several short cuts while doing his job...but has managment in his back pocket?

I know that there are a couple of my co-workers that come on here to read the lineman forums, and we know that if we talk to our DFSs about this guy that we are basiclly signing our own pink slip, so what do we do. We have one co-worker that isn't afraid or job scared that will speak out on this, but we need more than him...we need the whole line and service deptartment to voice this concern.

This guy is a crew leader, that lacks the respect of his co-workers. Steals time(pads his timesheet), doesn't know what he is doing and is flat out dangerous. Yet region managment and our DFSs see this as not being a problem. So what do you do?

[LostArt]

What do you mean by "flat" NC? Just curious.

[PA BEN]

Must be a non-union shop?

[NClineman1]

LostArt...flat is always

[LostArt]

LostArt...flat is always

:D I got it NC...thanks. I seemed to have only saw that "he was flat" at the time(did you change your post in anyway earlier?), but I understand the lingo "flat out dangerous". :D

Call me a dummy!!! I didn't see that earlier. ;)

[Bull Dog]

Well I woulnt work in a situation like that for anything. Right now a experinced lineman can name his ticket. Tell them were the bear ****s in the woods!

[Pootnaigle]

I beleive the best course of action would be to write a petition and have every lineman sign it stating his lack of respect for the rules, his lack of respect of his fellow linemen and his lack of knowledge. It should then be handed over formally to your saftey man. Once a man signs the petition he can't go back later and say he thinks the world of your nemisis. This is only if all of the above is true, If he is just a suckass then you can't fault him for that since you all have an equal opportunity to suck ass also. If you dont use it and he does then you dont have a gripe comming unless of course he is a much better suckass in which case you must work for a utility company HA HA HA

[JD426H]

Best advice I can give you is to choose your battles wisely. If you guys want to have a "Come to Jesus" meeting with the dude before you hand him his ass on a platter,you need to document safety rules violations for a while. Then the group needs to sit him down without any DuFuS's around and lay it out to him. If he chooses to ignore y'alls concerns and still work unsafe,you need to go to the safety folks since you say it won't do any good to go to management. Just remember,you are responsible for your own safety and you don't have to do anything the guy tells you if you KNOW that it will cause you to violate a safety rule. Nobody has ever been fired for refusing to violate a safety rule. Good luck.

[west coast hand]

If you see him doing a unsafe act call him out on it, getting fired is alot better then being dead. also by saying something you may save someone elses life as well???? I hope this guy is not training apprentices

[NClineman1]

West Coast, he does train newer guys. We drove by his work site today...no traffic cones, safety vests..matter of fact..he didn't even have a work zone set up. This was on a busy road in town. You talk to the guy and he can only respond by joking or crawling up the bosses ass.

[Dave@PSE&G]

What do you do, when you have a co-worker that is unsafe and takes several short cuts while doing his job...but has managment in his back pocket?

I know that there are a couple of my co-workers that come on here to read the lineman forums, and we know that if we talk to our DFSs about this guy that we are basiclly signing our own pink slip, so what do we do. We have one co-worker that isn't afraid or job scared that will speak out on this, but we need more than him...we need the whole line and service deptartment to voice this concern.

This guy is a crew leader, that lacks the respect of his co-workers. Steals time(pads his timesheet), doesn't know what he is doing and is flat out dangerous. Yet region managment and our DFSs see this as not being a problem. So what do you do?

NC, you already know what to do. You'll probably save his life as well as your own and others on the crew.

[NClineman1]

GFW.....to the guys I work with, you know who it is

[WRALineman]

They know who I am at work....but you need to remain in the shadows. Choose your battles wisely and hope you don't get discovered cause you know you are done when they do. Put GFW up there is going to piss some poeple off.

[PA BEN]

Are you a union shop?

[Squizzy]

They know who I am at work....but you need to remain in the shadows. Choose your battles wisely and hope you don't get discovered cause you know you are done when they do. Put GFW up there is going to piss some poeple off.


I would keep your identity quiet but i wouldn't back down then again some one has to prove it was you. Had a guy from over here get stuck into his boss and even titled the thread in the boss's name in the linework forum. To top it off he ( may have been a set up) has his first name as part of his user ID but a copy was handed to the boss. There are many people that only read this site and its a small world....