Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
(OP)
I'm getting some pressure from my lead to release drawings that I don't consider ready for manufacturing to build. Basically, the new group I'm with is used to dimensioning everything in coordinate tolerances. I'm skilled at GD&T, and knowing what I know about GD&T, the drawings I've been asked to sign may not mate properly with the mating parts.
What's the best way to handle this? I talked with my lead, and he basically told me that he's concerned I'm over-engineering the design and it's not that big of a deal anyway. I feel that I don't want to put my name on a bad design because it's me (not my lead) that's signing off on the drawing.
Any thoughts?
What's the best way to handle this? I talked with my lead, and he basically told me that he's concerned I'm over-engineering the design and it's not that big of a deal anyway. I feel that I don't want to put my name on a bad design because it's me (not my lead) that's signing off on the drawing.
Any thoughts?





RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
If you must release something be sure it has been qualified as graybeach has suggested.
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
And what's going to happen when you sign off and the parts don't go together? Your supervisor will say that you signed off, it's therefore your responsibility and you lose your job. Let him/her do the signoff if they think the drawings are OK as is.
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
You need to keep your argument technical.
Show your boss the analysis that shows interference, a pictorial of the interference would probably help.
Explain what needs to be done to make the parts fit. Be proactive in the solution as well as identifying the problem.
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
I know that you can feel very difficult to resist the pressure. I have been there, ages ago on a previous life, my boss asked me first and then ordered me to change a drawing to something obviously wrong to ensure he met the schedule. I s**t my pants but refused! You still have to be able to sleep at night and live with yourself.
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
I have time and schedule to be able to correct them and make them right. The lead's problem comes down to he has to be in charge and micromanage everyt task that we work once. Once he has grown tired of a project, he doesn't like seeing anyone else working on it (even if it's not done by the time he is tired of it.)
Appreciate your feedback!
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
Remember the following when being pressured to release work before it's ready, checked, and tested:
Proverbs 14:17 The impatient man shall work folly, and a crafty man is hateful.
Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but an impatient man displays folly.
And, if you're thinking you will do it just this one time to bail him out and shut the guy up, consider the following:
Proverbs 19:19 He that is impatient shall suffer damage; if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
Note - some translations use quick-tempered instead of impatient for the previous verses. Apparently the original word translates either way.
Or, if you don't go for verses, then consider a quote from Benjamin Franklin - "Haste makes waste."
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
I worked for a rank organization where sales was dominant. They had premium health insurance, and the rest had HMO, which frequently didn't pay benefits. I used a lawyer three times to get satisfaction.
Left at the first opportunity, and when they got into trouble, they begged me to return at any cost. At the time I was six hours away and two states removed. What a relief. That's why they say to interview the company. Ask questions, examine the org chart, find out who's boss, find out about peers and their backgrounds.
RE: Pressured to release drawings not yet ready
The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. - Hunter S. Thompson