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BookWork - Once Again On Risk (Patreon)

Published:
2016-09-09 17:11:12
Imported:
2021-07

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This one was really hard for me to commit to paper for whatever reason!!! Probably because it's one of my bigger career regrets!??!?? 

This comic is the epitome of "don't be like me, kids". I am not sure how I would have acted differently, but I want to build a future where others aren't asked to make this choice. 

(Also on the first day they didn't actually have a piece of ply, I was balanced on some really narrow ledge I think. They added the ply to "make me feel safer" after like three days. :/ )

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Anonymous

That sounds scary! Are you afraid of heights?

jam
>>2505027

haha... indeed I am! It wasn't high enough to trigger that, though, just high enough to make me nervous and being a bad idea.

NJGR

Ugh. I know what "too delicate" really means. :-( That really sucks. ~Jessica

Anonymous

Are there health and safety regulations that are supposed to cover stuff like this? Idk if you were planning to expand on it more in the book, but I would definitely be interested in hearing more of your thoughts about this one, like were you weighing up the benefits of reporting them vs keeping the job? It seems crazy that they could create a dangerous situation and then pressure you into working there :(

jam
>>2507155

I don't intend to expand much more on it, but I can do it here. I don't think I made the best decision, but even looking back I'm not sure an objectively best decision exists. There is of course the most morally correct decision - which is reporting the incident, but is that objectively best for all involved? There's a lot to consider. So first of all, there is of course an organization that controls this, they are called "Worksafe BC", and they were unquestionably in violation. However, having been out in the field a lot, I can tell you that believing that every single organization is going to be in compliance with Worksafe at all times is naiive at best. The situation I was in is quite common among small, "old school" type organizations. Contractors we brought in even joked about it (to me) - everyone KNOWS that it's a violation, but you're faced with the process of reporting or just doing the work. The same is true of harassment situations, but in my opinion harassment claims are FAR less robust than safety claims. So what were my options: 1) Report them to Worksafe BC. I can tell you that this organization, flatly, WOULD NOT have been able to withstand/survive a Worksafe investigation. It was a fledgling startup with two founders and one employee (me). It would sink the company, that would be it. Not only would I be out on the street, I'd have taken this company down with me. And for what? I wasn't improving conditions for anyone except myself. If it were a larger organization I would be far more inclined to pursue this, but in this situation I didn't see that much benefit in this course. Not only that, but I would run the risk of getting a "whistleblower" reputation stapled to me for the rest of my life. For the rest of my career I'd need to explain what happened at this short-term line item on my resume (or lie). I've already got enough running against me. 2) Just refuse to do the work. Once again, I was their ONLY employee. It wasn't like I could hand it off to someone else. This would have caused a LOT of delay in the project and immeasurable reputation damage between me and my bosses. I might have gotten fired. It's morally better - I can explain refusing to work in unsafe conditions way more easily than being a whistleblower, but it would STILL create a "troublemaker" reputation for me. It's maybe difficult to explain, but when you're a minority, "troublemaker" is a reputation you're very keen to avoid. Again, this is not a "good situation", but it's reality. 3) Just do the work and take care of myself as best as I can. I brought my own PPE (I was always wearing much more than the others around me) and I refused to work without it. Even if my bosses were cavalier, I would go through my own lockout procedures and checks. I made my concerns known. I will say also that things are getting better. The larger organizations' emphasis on safety IS making an impact on the industry, and this cavalier attitude towards safety IS dying out with this generation. Nobody in my generation would accept these conditions, and the younger bosses I've had have ALWAYS made it a priority. In a perfect world this situation would not have arisen and would have been easier to deal with. But I think we can agree that the world we live in is not perfect, and situations like this are far from black-and-white. And to be clear once more - I DON'T think the decision I made was objectively the best one. It's one of my bigger career regrets. But it is the decision I made, and I have to live with that now.