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July 2012 Blog Posts (3)

Revenue vs Non-Revenue Generating - A Lesson in Common Sense Economics

Greetings from the sweltering Mid West. During the heat of this obnoxious summer I realize I have promised you a rant on this topic and have not sat down to flesh out the details.

Revenue Generating: anyone responsible for committing acts of service that bring revenue into the company. Overly simplified it would be the people who actually do the work that out clients…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on July 28, 2012 at 12:46pm — No Comments

respect

I see time to time how scaffold builders, and other crafts have no respect for each other... It's very unprofessional, but its happening as we speak. I was one of those people... But changed my ways. It decreases the fighting at work. And makes a better work environment for all of us... Besides its not worth it. We are all there to make that money.... To support our families.

Added by ernesto carreon on July 13, 2012 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Safety Professional - When did this become a profession?

Greetings Scaffs from around the globe and here at home. This started out to be a rant about how I don't think safety should be it's own profession (and cue the angry e-mails) and I sat back to ponder the roots of the average Safety Professional. In my mental timeline retrace of the possible origins of the Safety Professional I could only come to one logical conclusion about how "Safety and Compliance" could become a stand alone, salaried, I get paid just like everyone else, position. The…

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Added by Justin T. Wittwer on July 11, 2012 at 12:32pm — 1 Comment