Originally Posted by
birdog37
For me its a rule,there paying me to do it,if the rule states it,ya do it.Its a sign of the integrity of the lineman your working with especially if you bring it up and they continue to break a rule.One leads to another,and another.Well now you have your own rules so to speak.I refused to go along with the norm on the one crew I worked on and I was wrongfully terminated.Simply put lets get rid of him and we don't have to pay to retrain.The documentation I kept turned out to be an ace in the hole so to speak.If you choose to not blend in like my foreman told me when I asked him why he was doing what he was doing and he said you had it made all you had to do was blend in,well I chose not to.My recommendation is to bid out and find some guys and or a company that believes in training.I mean continuing training for Journeyman lineman.Your in a tough spot and I would not wish it on anyone especially for what my family and I have been threw.I will say thou,when you have been wronged,you will get it back two fold.The guys I work with at my new job are great,safe,and believe in going home the same way they came to work.There are some great Journeyman lineman out there,to become one of them means following the d.m rules.Simply put what there doing.Its a SHORT CUT.Best of luck on your Journey.