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| Admin - Australia's most prominant Arborist - prev Ekka Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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Read this, makes you wonder. City arborist says he was fired for doing job too well | ajc.com Quote:
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| Former Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth
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I recall a Rodney Dangerfield comedy some years ago. The character he plays is an experienced builder who returns to college to gain some recognized qualification. When a lecturer draws out the cost of a building Dangerfield laughs and says his price is 50% under true cost. He then tells the lecturer and the class that you need to allow another 25% for kickbacks and 25% for union bribes because that is the "reality" of construction in a big city. I see a correlation in this story. If you are a developer with tens of millions of dollars on the line, having a minor official dismissed for highlighting your shoddy practices is simply par for course. At 64 I don't fancy his chances of being rehired by the same beurocracy that fired him. |
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| Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bay Area Ca.
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Probably happens all the time, people just don't know, bet it's one of the first news articles about doing a good job as a "tree auditor" and getting fired for it ... |
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| Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl
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Sounds like some foul play here. All the more reason why we need to keep spreading the truth about treecare so we help ensure arborists like Mr. coffin stay employed and hacks and cowboys get out of the industry.
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| Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Just so everyone knows I have invited Tom Coffin here to Tree World (I think) via email. Took abit to track him but I think I found the right guy. So hopefully we'll hear from him soon and he can shed some more light on this subject.
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| Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl
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cool deal John. |
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| Former Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth
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Cool. Tom I hope you take the time to post here and give us your first hand views. I may even forgive you for being a Yank..... Last edited by OutofMytree; 24th September 2008 at 12:02 AM. Reason: Can't spell Tom. |
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| Mature tree Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bay Area Ca.
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