Serious question, how do you deal with a boss who rushes taping jobs?

I learned that asking for a quick check-in on expectations saves my finish quality every time.

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Yeah, that's smarter than my old method, which was just to silently fume and then do a rushed, bad job. I perfected the art of the crooked line and the bubble under the paper just to prove a point. The funny part is the boss would come look at my hack work and his rushed one, and his was still better. Taught me to just ask what they want first.

the_drew1mo ago

Ever think how their rush job becomes your problem later when you're the one prepping the wall? Might make them slow down if they see the domino effect.

max_brown1mo ago

That bit about perfecting the crooked line hits home. One angle I don't see mentioned is that the boss might be getting pressure from someone else to finish fast, so they pass it down without thinking. If you can catch them in a calm moment and ask what the real deadline is, you might find there's actually more time. It turns the talk from rushing into planning. Then you both look good when the job doesn't need a fix later.

rowanhernandez22d ago

Talking about deadlines upfront really helped me. I started showing my boss the prep work needed before we even loaded the tape gun, which made the time cost clear. We'd agree on a realistic schedule right then, and the rush usually stopped.