One of the things frequently encountered in China is contractor doing the job but never bother to check if they are doing it right. Just today I spent nearly the whole afternoon fixing the rendering of a display wall design. I had to call; do pencil sketch, scan and email; screen capture, illustrate, annotate and email; and finally meet face to face. A total waste of time that could be avoided. If the person had stopped to think, it would be obvious that what he did would not work.
Is this the price to pay for low cost labour?
One could argue that the low pay encourge contractor to do work fast and do many work. But consider the time wasted, it isn’t working.
To be fair, such people exists everywhere in the world. So paying higher isn’t likely to solve the problem. The challenge is still on me to continue to seek out realiable contractors and eventually build a core team.
More battle to fight when eyes open tomorrow.
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