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[–] cyclops1771 ago 

I'll play it from his POV.

We can do it like X. I did it before and it worked. You say, do it Y. I say, yeah, but X works. Just fucking do Y, don't question my authority! Fuck you, what's wrong with X? I don't care, let's just do Y!

All I can add is that I get better results from my employees when I explain what we are doing AND WHY before we start. The WHY is important, so they understand what you are doing, how you think, and can ask questions THEN, not when on the job site.

So, that previsou conversation goes like this:

Hey, tomorrow we are doing thisjob. We are going to run this like Y, because reasons. Oh, I always do X on these jobs for myreasons, would that work? Hmmm, let me think. Yeah, that might work, but I prefer Y, because thisotherreason. You cool with that? Oh, yeah, I can see that.

Now, when you get onsite, you don't have to argue X or Y. Granted, running cable, you are going to find shit you didn't see on your site survey and have to go on the fly, but at least you have a way to communicate now.