My old boss told me I was 'working too clean' on a $1,200 kitchen job

I was a helper for a custom cabinet crew in Austin, and my lead guy pulled me aside after three months. He said I spent way too long wiping down saws and organizing scraps when I should have been cutting the next board. That feedback felt rude at first, but he showed me I was wasting almost 90 minutes a shift on cleanup that could wait. I started doing a single big sweep at the end of the day instead of tidying after every cut. Has anyone else gotten criticism that made them a lot faster once they actually listened?

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terryh2015d ago

That "wasting almost 90 minutes" part hit home, I used to do the EXACT same thing.

murphy.barbara15d ago

My phone has a two minute silent mode timer before it actually dismisses, and I'd stare at those two minutes like it was a life sentence. 87 minutes I'd spend on a Tuesday just doing that. I mean, maybe it's just me but that timer felt like a whole other level of torture.