A carpenter’s clip of a client watching over a young tradesman at work has triggered a passionate debate online about etiquette on jobsites.
A carpenter’s clip of a client silently watching over a tradie on a jobsite has sparked a debate about etiquette online. Here’s what tradies really think of the act.The short clip shows a man with his hands in his pockets keenly watching a tradie hard at work, sometimes standing less than a metre away.In a surprising twist, a number of tradies took to the comments section to defend the act and applaud the client for keeping the worker honest.
A study from almost a decade ago revealed that it placed among the top three customer behaviours tradies hate. Picture: Instagram “I work as an electrician that does service calls. Some of my clients feel they have to watch over my shoulder while I work. I’m not sure why they do this?” they continued.
The Hawthorne Effect, a term coined from a series of studies conducted at Illinois’ Hawthorne Works plant in the 1920s and 1930s, refers to workers modifying their behaviour in response to being observed in both positive and negative ways. She acknowledged the role of oversight and transparency in measuring performance and enhancing productivity but cautioned against excessive intrusion.
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