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A whole new world (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 10 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

The AI reason is enough, but if someone has their own shop, then there aren't micromanagers either.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    Oh you mean a one man shop. Unless you're already famous it's just going to be a hobby shop, the furniture market is completely fucked by overseas competition. We made furniture for David Iatesta, which I guess is some fancy ass design house. A ~40 4poster king size bedframe in red oak was our priciest standard option, we sold to them for ~$2.5k, they sanded a little more, and added ugly finishes and sold for $10k+

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  • [–] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    The fat ass that hasn't physically produced a piece of furniture in 25 years, changes plans halfway through builds, checks scrap for "egregious waste", nickles and dimes overtime, always has out of scope tasks for anyone he takes a disliking to, I could go on... is absolutely a micromanager. The foreman was paid the most to be in charge on the shop floor, make decisions on the fly, handle vendors and materials purchases, but was frequently overridden by a voice yelling from a lofted office space. Just because they own the business doesn't mean they can't micromanage. Sounds like the stuff a micromanager owner would say

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    I'm thinking more a person that builds furniture, then sells the completed piece. There's definitely possibility of plan changes part way through when doing custom work, but a solo wood worker either doesn't have to do custom jobs or can take payment (or partial) up front and not deal with it. I also don't consider change requests as micromanagement as annoying as they can be.

    If you work for yourself, the only micromanager is you, and that's your own fault.

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