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date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:23:54 +0800,
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Re: To those school-leavers who wish to pursue a career in the construction industry
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>
> "K.K." ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>> policy
>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>> construction
>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>> they
>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who
>>> are
>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>
>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in
>>> the
>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>
>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>
>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>> in 1.
>>>
>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>> Architect,
>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>> really
>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>> models,
>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be your
>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>> trick
>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>> construction.
>>>
>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>> someone
>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>> Alternatively,
>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would
>>> be
>>> solved.
>>>
>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>> excused
>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look
>>> for
>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you wish.
>>>
>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>> consider the followings:
>>>
>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>
>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>> force
>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works are
>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>> report
>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many people
>>> who
>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation
>>> and
>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects. The
>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and they
>>> can
>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>
>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly. Rather
>>> you
>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>
>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are smart.
>>> You
>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>> are
>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>> constructions
>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>> in
>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of
>>> your
>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>> an
>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>
>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your superiors
>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable
>>> to
>>> improve themselves.
>>>
>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>> the
>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your
>>> boss
>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his competitor.
>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>> for
>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that they
>>> do
>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy' construction
>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>> personnel in
>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>> reasons
>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>> you
>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>> front
>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>> relationship".)
>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have
>>> to
>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>> so
>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>
>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the related
>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>> your
>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>> the
>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may safeguard
>>> you
>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>> safeguard
>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the standard
>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>> contractors.
>>>
>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of the
>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are just
>>> for
>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>
>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>> chartered
>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>> engineers
>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have
>>> paid
>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>> registered
>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>
>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>> training
>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>> for
>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>> Architects
>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>> Architects
>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly qualified
>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is
>>> no
>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>> except
>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>> and
>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>
>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>> to
>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>
>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>> do
>>> not have the authority!
>>>
>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to
>>> make
>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>
>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>> fired
>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>
>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to this
>>> fascinating industry.
>>
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:23:54 +0800
author: kk
|
To those school-leavers who wish to pursue a career in the construction industryffrer
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>
> "kk" ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>
>> "K.K." ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>>> policy
>>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>>> construction
>>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>>> they
>>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who
>>>> are
>>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>>
>>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in
>>>> the
>>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>>
>>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>>> in 1.
>>>>
>>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>>> Architect,
>>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>>> really
>>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>>> models,
>>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be
>>>> your
>>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>>> trick
>>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>>> construction.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>>> someone
>>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>>> Alternatively,
>>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would
>>>> be
>>>> solved.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>>> excused
>>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look
>>>> for
>>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you
>>>> wish.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>>> consider the followings:
>>>>
>>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>>> force
>>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works
>>>> are
>>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>>> report
>>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many
>>>> people who
>>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation
>>>> and
>>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects.
>>>> The
>>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and
>>>> they can
>>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly.
>>>> Rather you
>>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are
>>>> smart. You
>>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>>> are
>>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>>> constructions
>>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>>> in
>>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of
>>>> your
>>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>>> an
>>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your
>>>> superiors
>>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable
>>>> to
>>>> improve themselves.
>>>>
>>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>>> the
>>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your
>>>> boss
>>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his
>>>> competitor.
>>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>>> for
>>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that
>>>> they do
>>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy'
>>>> construction
>>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>>> personnel in
>>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>>> reasons
>>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>>> you
>>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>>> front
>>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>>> relationship".)
>>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have
>>>> to
>>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>>> so
>>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>>
>>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the
>>>> related
>>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>>> your
>>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>>> the
>>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may
>>>> safeguard you
>>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>>> safeguard
>>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the
>>>> standard
>>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>>> contractors.
>>>>
>>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of
>>>> the
>>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are
>>>> just for
>>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>>
>>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>>> chartered
>>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>>> engineers
>>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have
>>>> paid
>>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>>> registered
>>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>>
>>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>>> training
>>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>>> for
>>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>>> Architects
>>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>>> Architects
>>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly
>>>> qualified
>>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is
>>>> no
>>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>>> except
>>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>>> and
>>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>>
>>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>>> to
>>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>>
>>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>>> do
>>>> not have the authority!
>>>>
>>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to
>>>> make
>>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>>
>>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>>> fired
>>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>>
>>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to
>>>> this
>>>> fascinating industry.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:25:39 +0800
author: kk
|
Re: To those school-leavers who wish to pursue a career in the construction industry
"kk" ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>
> "K.K." ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>> policy
>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>> construction
>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>> they
>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who
>>> are
>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>
>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in
>>> the
>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>
>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>
>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>> in 1.
>>>
>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>> Architect,
>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>> really
>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>> models,
>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be your
>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>> trick
>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>> construction.
>>>
>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>> someone
>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>> Alternatively,
>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would
>>> be
>>> solved.
>>>
>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>> excused
>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look
>>> for
>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you wish.
>>>
>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>> consider the followings:
>>>
>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>
>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>> force
>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works are
>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>> report
>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many people
>>> who
>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation
>>> and
>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects. The
>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and they
>>> can
>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>
>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly. Rather
>>> you
>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>
>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are smart.
>>> You
>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>> are
>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>> constructions
>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>> in
>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of
>>> your
>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>> an
>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>
>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your superiors
>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable
>>> to
>>> improve themselves.
>>>
>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>> the
>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your
>>> boss
>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his competitor.
>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>> for
>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that they
>>> do
>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy' construction
>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>> personnel in
>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>> reasons
>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>> you
>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>> front
>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>> relationship".)
>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have
>>> to
>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>> so
>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>
>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the related
>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>> your
>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>> the
>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may safeguard
>>> you
>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>> safeguard
>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the standard
>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>> contractors.
>>>
>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of the
>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are just
>>> for
>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>
>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>> chartered
>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>> engineers
>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have
>>> paid
>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>> registered
>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>
>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>> training
>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>> for
>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>> Architects
>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>> Architects
>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly qualified
>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is
>>> no
>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>> except
>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>> and
>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>
>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>> to
>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>
>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>> do
>>> not have the authority!
>>>
>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to
>>> make
>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>
>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>> fired
>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>
>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to this
>>> fascinating industry.
>>
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:23:54 +0800
author: kk
|
To those school-leavers who wish to pursue a career in the construction industryffrer
<kk> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:45f135b5@127.0.0.1...
>
> "kk" ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>
>> "K.K." ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>>> policy
>>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>>> construction
>>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>>> they
>>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who
>>>> are
>>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>>
>>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in
>>>> the
>>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>>
>>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>>> in 1.
>>>>
>>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>>> Architect,
>>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>>> really
>>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>>> models,
>>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be
>>>> your
>>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>>> trick
>>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>>> construction.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>>> someone
>>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>>> Alternatively,
>>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would
>>>> be
>>>> solved.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>>> excused
>>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look
>>>> for
>>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you
>>>> wish.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>>> consider the followings:
>>>>
>>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>>> force
>>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works
>>>> are
>>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>>> report
>>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many
>>>> people who
>>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation
>>>> and
>>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects.
>>>> The
>>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and
>>>> they can
>>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly.
>>>> Rather you
>>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are
>>>> smart. You
>>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>>> are
>>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>>> constructions
>>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>>> in
>>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of
>>>> your
>>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>>> an
>>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your
>>>> superiors
>>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable
>>>> to
>>>> improve themselves.
>>>>
>>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>>> the
>>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your
>>>> boss
>>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his
>>>> competitor.
>>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>>> for
>>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that
>>>> they do
>>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy'
>>>> construction
>>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>>> personnel in
>>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>>> reasons
>>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>>> you
>>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>>> front
>>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>>> relationship".)
>>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have
>>>> to
>>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>>> so
>>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>>
>>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the
>>>> related
>>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>>> your
>>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>>> the
>>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may
>>>> safeguard you
>>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>>> safeguard
>>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the
>>>> standard
>>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>>> contractors.
>>>>
>>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of
>>>> the
>>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are
>>>> just for
>>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>>
>>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>>> chartered
>>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>>> engineers
>>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have
>>>> paid
>>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>>> registered
>>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>>
>>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>>> training
>>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>>> for
>>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>>> Architects
>>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>>> Architects
>>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly
>>>> qualified
>>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is
>>>> no
>>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>>> except
>>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>>> and
>>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>>
>>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>>> to
>>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>>
>>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>>> do
>>>> not have the authority!
>>>>
>>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to
>>>> make
>>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>>
>>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>>> fired
>>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>>
>>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to
>>>> this
>>>> fascinating industry.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:25:39 +0800
author: kk
|
Re: To those school-leavers who wish to pursue a career in the construction industry
"kk" ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>
> "K.K." ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>> policy
>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>> construction
>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>> they
>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who
>>> are
>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>
>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in
>>> the
>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>
>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>
>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>> in 1.
>>>
>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>> Architect,
>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>> really
>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>> models,
>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be your
>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>> trick
>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>> construction.
>>>
>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>> someone
>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>> Alternatively,
>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would
>>> be
>>> solved.
>>>
>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>> excused
>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look
>>> for
>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you wish.
>>>
>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>> consider the followings:
>>>
>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>
>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>> force
>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works are
>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>> report
>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many people
>>> who
>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation
>>> and
>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects. The
>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and they
>>> can
>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>
>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly. Rather
>>> you
>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>
>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are smart.
>>> You
>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>> are
>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>> constructions
>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>> in
>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of
>>> your
>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>> an
>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>
>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your superiors
>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable
>>> to
>>> improve themselves.
>>>
>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>> the
>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your
>>> boss
>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his competitor.
>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>> for
>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that they
>>> do
>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy' construction
>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>> personnel in
>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>> reasons
>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>> you
>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>> front
>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>> relationship".)
>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have
>>> to
>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>> so
>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>
>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the related
>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>> your
>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>> the
>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may safeguard
>>> you
>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>> safeguard
>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the standard
>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>> contractors.
>>>
>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of the
>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are just
>>> for
>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>
>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>> chartered
>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>> engineers
>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have
>>> paid
>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>> registered
>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>
>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>> training
>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>> for
>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>> Architects
>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>> Architects
>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly qualified
>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is
>>> no
>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>> except
>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>> and
>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>
>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>> to
>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>
>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>> do
>>> not have the authority!
>>>
>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to
>>> make
>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>
>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>> fired
>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>
>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to this
>>> fascinating industry.
>>
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:23:54 +0800
author: kk
|
To those school-leavers who wish to pursue a career in the construction industryffrer
<kk> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:45f135b5@127.0.0.1...
>
> "kk" ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>
>> "K.K." ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>>> policy
>>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>>> construction
>>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>>> they
>>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who
>>>> are
>>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>>
>>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in
>>>> the
>>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>>
>>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>>> in 1.
>>>>
>>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>>> Architect,
>>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>>> really
>>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>>> models,
>>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be
>>>> your
>>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>>> trick
>>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>>> construction.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>>> someone
>>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>>> Alternatively,
>>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would
>>>> be
>>>> solved.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>>> excused
>>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look
>>>> for
>>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you
>>>> wish.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>>> consider the followings:
>>>>
>>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>>> force
>>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works
>>>> are
>>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>>> report
>>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many
>>>> people who
>>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation
>>>> and
>>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects.
>>>> The
>>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and
>>>> they can
>>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly.
>>>> Rather you
>>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are
>>>> smart. You
>>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>>> are
>>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>>> constructions
>>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>>> in
>>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of
>>>> your
>>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>>> an
>>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your
>>>> superiors
>>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable
>>>> to
>>>> improve themselves.
>>>>
>>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>>> the
>>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your
>>>> boss
>>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his
>>>> competitor.
>>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>>> for
>>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that
>>>> they do
>>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy'
>>>> construction
>>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>>> personnel in
>>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>>> reasons
>>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>>> you
>>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>>> front
>>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>>> relationship".)
>>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have
>>>> to
>>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>>> so
>>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>>
>>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the
>>>> related
>>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>>> your
>>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>>> the
>>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may
>>>> safeguard you
>>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>>> safeguard
>>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the
>>>> standard
>>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>>> contractors.
>>>>
>>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of
>>>> the
>>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are
>>>> just for
>>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>>
>>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>>> chartered
>>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>>> engineers
>>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have
>>>> paid
>>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>>> registered
>>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>>
>>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>>> training
>>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>>> for
>>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>>> Architects
>>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>>> Architects
>>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly
>>>> qualified
>>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is
>>>> no
>>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>>> except
>>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>>> and
>>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>>
>>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>>> to
>>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>>
>>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>>> do
>>>> not have the authority!
>>>>
>>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to
>>>> make
>>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>>
>>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>>> fired
>>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>>
>>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to
>>>> this
>>>> fascinating industry.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:25:39 +0800
author: kk
|
To those school-leavers who wish to pursue a career in the construction industryffrer
<kk> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:45f135b5@127.0.0.1...
>
> "kk" ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>
>> "K.K." ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D:...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>>> policy
>>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>>> construction
>>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>>> they
>>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks (who
>>>> are
>>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have negative
>>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>>
>>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works in
>>>> the
>>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>>
>>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>>> in 1.
>>>>
>>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>>> Architect,
>>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>>> really
>>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>>> models,
>>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be
>>>> your
>>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>>> trick
>>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much about
>>>> construction.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>>> someone
>>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>>> Alternatively,
>>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems would
>>>> be
>>>> solved.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>>> excused
>>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would look
>>>> for
>>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you
>>>> wish.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>>> consider the followings:
>>>>
>>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>>> force
>>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works
>>>> are
>>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>>> report
>>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many
>>>> people who
>>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their accommodation
>>>> and
>>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects.
>>>> The
>>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and
>>>> they can
>>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly.
>>>> Rather you
>>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>>
>>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are
>>>> smart. You
>>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>>> are
>>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>>> constructions
>>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>>> in
>>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you of
>>>> your
>>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>>> an
>>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>>
>>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your
>>>> superiors
>>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are unable
>>>> to
>>>> improve themselves.
>>>>
>>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>>> the
>>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as your
>>>> boss
>>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his
>>>> competitor.
>>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>>> for
>>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that
>>>> they do
>>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy'
>>>> construction
>>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>>> personnel in
>>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under the
>>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>>> reasons
>>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>>> you
>>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>>> front
>>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>>> relationship".)
>>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you have
>>>> to
>>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>>> so
>>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>>
>>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the
>>>> related
>>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>>> your
>>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>>> the
>>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may
>>>> safeguard you
>>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even exist.
>>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>>> safeguard
>>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the
>>>> standard
>>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>>> contractors.
>>>>
>>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of
>>>> the
>>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are
>>>> just for
>>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>>
>>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>>> chartered
>>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>>> engineers
>>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who have
>>>> paid
>>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>>> registered
>>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>>
>>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of the
>>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>>> training
>>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>>> for
>>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>>> Architects
>>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>>> Architects
>>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly
>>>> qualified
>>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There is
>>>> no
>>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>>> except
>>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and the
>>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>>> and
>>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>>
>>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>>> to
>>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>>
>>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>>> do
>>>> not have the authority!
>>>>
>>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish to
>>>> make
>>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD MAN.
>>>>
>>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>>> fired
>>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>>
>>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to
>>>> this
>>>> fascinating industry.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:25:39 +0800
author: kk
|
|
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