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>>>>>
>>>>> We all know the downturn in the construction market due to crazy land
>>>>> policy
>>>>> of the government. This should be one of the main considerations when
>>>>> deciding whether to enter this industry now. However, the career of
>>>>> different people would not be the same. Many positions in the
>>>>> construction
>>>>> industry are being filled by those with negative equities. Otherwise,
>>>>> they
>>>>> would not have money to repay the property developers or the banks
>>>>> (who
>>>>> are
>>>>> also their employers, either directly or indirectly)!! To have
>>>>> negative
>>>>> equities may be some advantage.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are born in a rich family and your parents or relatives works
>>>>> in
>>>>> the
>>>>> construction industry, it may still be one of your choices, because
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Your parents or relatives would give you full support.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Your would be offered better job opportunities for reason mentioned
>>>>> in 1.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. You need not be clever. Particularly, if you choose to be an
>>>>> Architect,
>>>>> you never need to worry about your intelligence, because you do not
>>>>> really
>>>>> need it and the only things you need to learn are to make some paper
>>>>> models,
>>>>> kiss the X of your relatives or their friends so that they would be
>>>>> your
>>>>> supporters for becoming members in the "professional bodies", how to
>>>>> trick
>>>>> the contractors & to show off to the public, who do not know much
>>>>> about
>>>>> construction.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. You need not worry, if you are unable to solve problems, because
>>>>> someone
>>>>> else in the construction team would deal with them for you.
>>>>> Alternatively,
>>>>> you may yell: "Daddy!! Daddy!! Please help me!!" and the problems
>>>>> would
>>>>> be
>>>>> solved.
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. You need not worry about making mistakes, because you would be
>>>>> excused
>>>>> for reason mentioned in 1. or your parents and their friends would
>>>>> look
>>>>> for
>>>>> scapegoats for your mistakes. You can make as many mistakes as you
>>>>> wish.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you may need to
>>>>> consider the followings:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. If your superior make mistakes, he/she would look for scapegoat for
>>>>> his/her mistakes. You may be the one.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Due to downturn in the industry or greediness of your boss, he may
>>>>> force
>>>>> you to accept substandard works. Of course, if the substandard works
>>>>> are
>>>>> discovered, you are the one to bear all the responsibilities. If you
>>>>> report
>>>>> this to the relevant authorities, your boss would retaliate. Many
>>>>> people
>>>>> who
>>>>> live in public housing estates know the problems of their
>>>>> accommodation
>>>>> and
>>>>> such problems are largely due to the incompetence of the Architects.
>>>>> The
>>>>> Architects make themselves the leaders of the construction team and
>>>>> they
>>>>> can
>>>>> do so because they are born with silver spoon.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Many of you would not be rewarded for doing your job properly.
>>>>> Rather
>>>>> you
>>>>> would be fired for doing so, because it costs your employer more.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. You should not expect that you can be promoted because you are
>>>>> smart.
>>>>> You
>>>>> boss would envy your talent and therefore do not let him know that you
>>>>> are
>>>>> able to surpass him or his family members in his company. The
>>>>> constructions
>>>>> companies have ways to slow down your development (such as putting you
>>>>> in
>>>>> departments which do not suit your career development, depriving you
>>>>> of
>>>>> your
>>>>> job opportunities or, even worse, hurting you physically). This is not
>>>>> an
>>>>> industry for high-flyers.
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. You would be working with some stupid people including your
>>>>> superiors
>>>>> (and the stupid sons and daughters of the registered members of the
>>>>> professional bodies) who think they are smarter than you but are
>>>>> unable
>>>>> to
>>>>> improve themselves.
>>>>>
>>>>> 6. When you have gained experiences sufficient for senior positions in
>>>>> the
>>>>> industry, some of you should be prepared to leave the industry, as
>>>>> your
>>>>> boss
>>>>> would try to oust you because he fears that you would be his
>>>>> competitor.
>>>>> Even worse, he may try to frame you to get rid of you. He may fire you
>>>>> for
>>>>> the reason that your relationship with your colleagues is not good.
>>>>> (However, those who use this reason to remove people just show that
>>>>> they
>>>>> do
>>>>> not manage their construction company properly. A 'healthy'
>>>>> construction
>>>>> company should be operating under a good system. As long as the
>>>>> personnel in
>>>>> the construction company can perform their own parts properly under
>>>>> the
>>>>> system, there should be no such problems as "bad relationship". Such
>>>>> reasons
>>>>> are in fact just inventions to remove people they do not want. But, if
>>>>> you
>>>>> make your boss or superior embarrassed by pointing out his mistakes in
>>>>> front
>>>>> of your colleague, then this normally would constitute "bad
>>>>> relationship".)
>>>>> Therefore, building construction may not be a lifetime job and you
>>>>> have
>>>>> to
>>>>> start a new career in another industry. It would be very painful to do
>>>>> so
>>>>> when you are over thirties.
>>>>>
>>>>> 7. It would be difficult to set up your own business because the
>>>>> related
>>>>> cost is quite high. If you are a contractor, you are advised that the
>>>>> consultants and architects can easily exterminate you by withholding
>>>>> your
>>>>> interim payments for no good reason. Indeed, you are "competing" with
>>>>> the
>>>>> contractors who are relatives of the developers, Architects or other
>>>>> consultants. It seems that there are contract terms, which may
>>>>> safeguard
>>>>> you
>>>>> from such situation, but in practice such safeguard may not even
>>>>> exist.
>>>>> Sometimes, you are dead before there is sufficient time for the
>>>>> safeguard
>>>>> mechanism to function. Some consultants change the terms in the
>>>>> standard
>>>>> contracts in such a way that there is no sufficient protection to the
>>>>> contractors.
>>>>>
>>>>> 8. Do not believe that, if you are clever, you can become members of
>>>>> the
>>>>> relevant professional bodies, because these professional bodies are
>>>>> just
>>>>> for
>>>>> the sons and daughters of the registered members.
>>>>>
>>>>> 9. Further studies may not improve your chance of promotion. Even
>>>>> chartered
>>>>> engineers may not be able to work as engineers. Some surveyors or
>>>>> engineers
>>>>> were forced to become sales or to immigrate to provide some job
>>>>> opportunities for the fresh surveying & engineering graduates, who
>>>>> have
>>>>> paid
>>>>> a lot of tuition fees, or the relatives, sons or daughters of the
>>>>> registered
>>>>> members in the professional bodies or their friends.
>>>>>
>>>>> 10. Fifteen years ago, the government did have the intention to train
>>>>> construction professionals to lead the construction team in view of
>>>>> the
>>>>> weakness of the Architects. However, nowadays, the universities are
>>>>> training
>>>>> more and more so-called professionals which are in fact the scapegoats
>>>>> for
>>>>> the industry. Really, they are just training scapegoats, as the
>>>>> Architects
>>>>> just want to hire someone to shift the blame onto them, when the
>>>>> Architects
>>>>> themselves make mistakes. You now see the reason why there are so many
>>>>> degree courses in building constructions. In fact, many highly
>>>>> qualified
>>>>> personnel are losing their jobs or demoted to lower positions. There
>>>>> is
>>>>> no
>>>>> need to train so many graduates in construction for the time being
>>>>> except
>>>>> that more scapegoats are available for the Architects to choose and
>>>>> the
>>>>> lecturers need their jobs in the universities. Indeed, the consultants
>>>>> and
>>>>> contractors tend to employ personnel with low qualifications.
>>>>>
>>>>> 11. Your lecturers in the Universities may tell you that they wish you
>>>>> to
>>>>> improve the practices of the construction industry.
>>>>>
>>>>> But they forget ONE THING, WHICH IS That you can change nothing if you
>>>>> do
>>>>> not have the authority!
>>>>>
>>>>> If the Architects, Consultants or the contractors know that you wish
>>>>> to
>>>>> make
>>>>> some changes, which may be against their interests, YOU ARE A DEAD
>>>>> MAN.
>>>>>
>>>>> 12. Last, but not the least, your employer may hint that you would be
>>>>> fired
>>>>> or not be promoted if you do not purchase the flat it build for the
>>>>> developers, who are its clients.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you love the challenges mentioned above or enjoy having negative
>>>>> equities, you, as a new potential scapegoat, are warmly welcomed to
>>>>> this
>>>>> fascinating industry.
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