Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 , My DH sees this over and over again. He is currently trying to work with a Polish guy who is not doing a great job. He explained to me (after having been to Poland three times) that in countries like Poland and Romania, etc. they have much lower standards of what is a good job. The standards aren't the same as they are here, and that is NOT to detract from their good work ethic! They have to learn a new standard and that is difficult and it is up to their employer to do this. DH just related to me a story from when he had his own Polish guy in his floor business and had to teach him what to do. When DH went to Poland and visited this guy when he was there, (his guy moved back to Poland), he saw examples of his work, which was not up to Jeff's standards, but was the same as what Jeff saw in Poland, or maybe a bit better. Here in the USA this guy did work up to my DH's standards, but when he moved back to Poland, he produced work that was comparable to the work that was acceptable there. It is a matter of differing standards of what is acceptable work. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Well after a month of getting my kitchen remodeled and spending twice as much as I wanted to spend, my 24 inch dishwasher does not fit into the spot the left for it and the quartz countertop has been glued down. My brand new expensive faucett drips and it is like these guys don't mind damaging what you paid a lot for, while they install. It seems they think it is acceptable to scratch your new dishwasher, put gashes and scratches into your new frig, etc. And the cabinett installers are not foreign and speak English as their first language. So it has been a headache all the way around. -- Re: Workmanship , My DH sees this over and over again. He is currently trying to work with a Polish guy who is not doing a great job. He explained to me (after having been to Poland three times) that in countries like Poland and Romania, etc. they have much lower standards of what is a good job. The standards aren't the same as they are here, and that is NOT to detract from their good work ethic! They have to learn a new standard and that is difficult and it is up to their employer to do this. DH just related to me a story from when he had his own Polish guy in his floor business and had to teach him what to do. When DH went to Poland and visited this guy when he was there, (his guy moved back to Poland), he saw examples of his work, which was not up to Jeff s standards, but was the same as what Jeff saw in Poland, or maybe a bit better. Here in the USA this guy did work up to my DH's standards, but when he moved back to Poland, he produced work that was comparable to the work that was acceptable there. It is a matter of differing standards of what is acceptable work. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Well after a month of getting my kitchen remodeled and spending twice as much as I wanted to spend, my 24 inch dishwasher does not fit into the spot the left for it and the quartz countertop has been glued down. My brand new expensive faucett drips and it is like these guys don't mind damaging what you paid a lot for, while they install. It seems they think it is acceptable to scratch your new dishwasher, put gashes and scratches into your new frig, etc. And the cabinett installers are not foreign and speak English as their first language. So it has been a headache all the way around. -- Re: Workmanship , My DH sees this over and over again. He is currently trying to work with a Polish guy who is not doing a great job. He explained to me (after having been to Poland three times) that in countries like Poland and Romania, etc. they have much lower standards of what is a good job. The standards aren't the same as they are here, and that is NOT to detract from their good work ethic! They have to learn a new standard and that is difficult and it is up to their employer to do this. DH just related to me a story from when he had his own Polish guy in his floor business and had to teach him what to do. When DH went to Poland and visited this guy when he was there, (his guy moved back to Poland), he saw examples of his work, which was not up to Jeff s standards, but was the same as what Jeff saw in Poland, or maybe a bit better. Here in the USA this guy did work up to my DH's standards, but when he moved back to Poland, he produced work that was comparable to the work that was acceptable there. It is a matter of differing standards of what is acceptable work. C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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