By:Nicholas Quarterman
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
[photostory four] struggle of a working college student
by: savannah johnston
Zamela Haque checks uber prices to get home from work. She does not drive so on some days when she cannot get a ride, she ubers.
Haque eats dinner from her job. She works at a fine dining restaurant 30 hours a week.
Haque calls her sister about their shared foundation: The Haque Foundation. The Haque Foundation was started in honor of their father and it is all about helping their country of Bangladesh.
Haque looks over the Haque Foundation website. The website needs to be updated regularly and it is her and her sisters jobs to do so.
A photo of Haque's father's name in Bangla; Anwar Haque with a photo of Haque and her sisters next to it. Haque's father passed away in 2012 and that is what inspired them to start the foundation in his honor.
Haque opens the app WhatsApp. WhatsApp is how Haque communicates with her family in Bangladesh.
Haque socializes with her roommates. She struggles to balance school and work.
Haque tends to her laundry. Her time to do chores is the night time since she has school and work in the day time.
A photo of Haque and her mother. Haque struggles to make time with her family since they do not live close since she is in school.
Haque working on schoolwork for her summer classes. She takes summer courses for Georgia State.
Haque is overwhelmed with school and work. On top of her job and school she has a research internship that she is responsible for.
Haque looks in the fridge for something to eat. She has neglected going grocery shopping and is now regretting it.
Haque cuddles with her cat Niko. She turns to Niko for emotional support at times.
Haque looks in her closet. She is preparing for the next day in order to make it easier in the morning.
Haque cleans her face at the end of the day. It is a form of self care for her.
Haque lights a candle. This is to help with stress relief, eucalyptus.
Haque warms up her heating pad. After working all day, this helps her body from being sore.
Haque watches TV before bed. She always needs something to watch before bed.
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
[PHOTOSTORY 4] The struggles of a manager
By: Zoey Pittman
T.J. Lanier works as a manager for a railroad signal shop. Some of the struggles he experiences are supply chain, technology changes, and dynamic schedules.
As a manager, Lanier supports and ensures that appropriate material is ordered and tracks it accordingly. “In the past several years, supply chain issues have changed dramatically from the average lead times and availability,” said Lanier.
Materials are becoming non-realistic for lead times and challenging back orders. “We have to adapt, over come, and improvise,” said Lanier.
Due to changes in the supply change, all projects continue down their completion path with the hope of back order materials arriving. “It’s the same thing auto industries have done. They keep building cars to maintain production and keep people working, even through the back orders of materials,” said Lanier.
The facility works to completion. Once the projects are finished, material tracking is still in place for all remaining items.
Tracking advanced ordered material has also been an unforeseen element to their project material handling. Inventory space can become crowded very quickly.
Inventory levels are becoming so unpredictable due the effects from COVID. “It is worse than trying to hit a moving target.”
Lanier is working with electrical components to prepare for testing. “We have had to develop methods to ensure circuits are protected, and utilized other items to ensure a quicker equipment installation once received.”
Dealing with the challenge of technology, it is always changing in the shop’s field. The changes are to educate the workforce and ensure the quality processes are in place.
Cross-training employees is important to the process because it ensures the shop has coverage in their work. It also allows solid quality checks from other perspectives.
Some equipment is utilized for building network control panels. New equipment, like this, allows for more work but also presents a new level of skill set for employees.
Ever changing equipment, such as micro processors, creates its different challenges. To overcome these changes it is through education of the new technology.
It is important for the suppliers to support their technology advances. “We are educating the end user on how to test and diagnose our specialized equipment.”
Dynamic scheduling is a revolving schedule for all aspects of the shop. It is a start and end date for project completions that can change at any moment.
Weekly reviews ensures first end, is the first out. A challenge could be a project changing, but whatever is in progress will be finalized to move it through the completion process.
Advancements with even some of the moderate technologies has successfully assisted with increased production. “This particular equipment was pursed through employees’ suggestions.”
Using employees’ ideas has proven to be very beneficial with meeting scheduling demands. This device allows for more streamline approach to production needs.
Keeping safety and ergonomics in mind allows for a better employee and working experience. “Safety is always paramount.”
With the shop’s unique configuration , scheduling challenges are usually easy to overcome by changing specific locations layouts. This is most useful for an emergency situation.
Scheduling applications and metric tracking is something Lanier stays on top of to prevent from becoming an issue. “We can adapt and change things on the fly, which makes us a more unique work facility.”
[photostory three: a day in the life] elementary school registrar kelly dennis
by: savannah johnston
Kelly Dennis' house in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. Her house is in the historic district of the area, and her home was built in 1915.
Dennis works from her kitchen table before having to go to work. This is the spot she sits at and reads emails daily.
Dennis responds to emails while corresponding with her planner. Her job as a school registrar requires her to communicate with existing and potential parents of students.
Dennis lets her dog Ginger out. Ginger is an elderly dog and needs to go outside frequently.
Dennis walking to work. Her job at Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School is convenient for her, as it is a five-minute walk to work and she does not need to drive.
Dennis points out houses on the walk to work. She said that this house in particular has an underground tunnel to the neighboring house since it was built in the civil war era.
Dennis passing a student and parent of ANCS. The school is having summer camp this week and there were a couple kids walking outside of the school.
Dennis unlocking the school doors. Dennis has worked for ANCS for over 20 years and her position as registrar allows her to have keys to the school, so she can come and go whenever is needed.
Dennis looking into her office for the first time since renovations. The school recently had the carpet replaced, meaning the workers had to move her stuff off the floor and change the layout a little bit.
The state of Dennis' office. She is the only employee that does not have to share an office with another coworker.
Dennis dusting off her desk. The workers left a coat of dust on top of most of her belongings.
Dennis attending to emails. She has been preparing for the onboarding of incoming students and parents for the fall.
Dennis talking to a new parent. Her job requires her to have contact with parents of new and current students, since it is a charter school there is a lottery and a waitlist with 500 students on it.
Dennis decluttering her office. Going through her belongings made her realize that she could take some of these things home and declutter her office.
Dennis unlocks the board game closet. Dennis found these board games when cleaning her office, which belongs to the after-school department.
Dennis determines the wait list status of a student. When parents call and inquire about these sorts of things, she sorts it out for them.
Dennis reviews a book about after-school activities. Dennis has recently taken on the position of director of after school, which means she has to review team building exercises for the incoming students.
Dennis unlocks her file cabinet. She is the only employee to have access to student records, and they must be locked in a file cabinet with her room locked at all times when unattended.
Dennis calls the communications manager for the school after exiting and realizing a date on the board is wrong. Dennis noticed the mistake and called to get it fixed right away as not to confuse the parents and students.
Dennis talks to the communications manager of the school. She explained that the date mix-up was a mistake but everyone needs to be on the same page that it is wrong.
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