Next New Guy, early August hire. This is what we call the bottom of the barrel. I was hoping for a little more, he talked a good line, but the reality is..........harsh.
I watched him do a few things and it was slow but controlled. Then we lifted the mini into some really precarious stuff, and I did what I thought was the worst of it, hanging 10 on a steep slick slope between some mass footings and a wall pour. I started tearing the spine of dirt off and backfilling against the wall to make it passable on the way up, showed him what was up, then went to get water for compaction. I got the hose and climbed a ladder and find my new mini inches away from bashing the cab on the wall. He kept tracking into trouble and I said " just chill I'll be up". He had that look of terror on his face of a guy out of his depth. Later he said it was good he did not get fired on his first day.
It was trivial for me to get away from the wall, and I finished up the footing drain dig and backfill operation.
We landed the mini straddling that cut to the left and half on the spine and half on the footing. I clawed it down, dug the footing drain and made it driveable on the way up, then went back down and hoe packed the loose.
He is going to the big job tomorrow without me. They can decide if they want to roll the dice again, I am leaving Wednesday!!