On TOKTWD, I went to work with my dad. My dad works in the construction industry, and he owns a construction company for luxury homes. At the moment, my dad is working on a custom house for a client. The house is almost done since he has been working on it for a couple of years now. When I was there, there wasn’t anything planned for that day since the plumber had canceled the week before. Instead, we were just focused on working on the little things, and we were trying to connect the TV to the Wi-Fi without the TV shutting down. We were able to connect the TV to the Wi-Fi, and it didn’t end up shutting down. My dad was also working on a bench swing for the sundeck, and it was left unfinished in the garage. I helped him build the rest of it and then we carried it to the sundeck

This picture was taken when the TV was connected to Wi-Fi.

This was a picture taken at the entrance of the house.
1. What did you hear, see, smell, and feel in the work environment on Nov. 1st?
There was not much to hear other than people communicating. After talking with my dad, he told me today was a very slow day since they didn’t really have much planned and how other days of the week had more commotion. Before stepping into the house, I could see that it would be a very luxurious living establishment. t was very well-lit, constructed, and organized. The house isn’t finished yet so there isn’t any furniture in the house, but I can tell it will look very cozy soon. As I said earlier, today was a slow day and there wasn’t much going on, so the only thing I was able to smell was wet paint that has been drying for a couple of days now. I felt kind of powerful since my dad was a boss and sometimes, he would tell me to tell his employees what to do.
2. What about the environment would motivate you to wake up every day to attend work?
The environment that has been created feels very uplifting and comfortable, I would feel motivated to wake up every day and attend work here since everybody around was very nice. Knowing that the house will look very good in the end is a deal breaker as well. There is also a big market for luxury houses now, so their paychecks are big, which is a big plus.
3. What about the work environment would discourage you from waking up every day to attend work?
When my dad was giving me a tour of the house, one of his workers was trying to turn on the television but it kept disconnecting and the connection was very sensitive. This means that not everything goes the way you want it to and lots of things can go wrong. If there are small miscommunications, a lot of things can get messed up, such as the schedule, maybe one day you need someone to work on something and you schedule them for a Tuesday and you schedule someone else to work on what they worked on the day after. If the person you scheduled for Tuesday doesn’t show up or thought they were scheduled for the next Tuesday, there’s nothing for the person after them to do and everything just doesn’t go according to plan.
4. What is ONE thing you found interesting about your workplace visit?
One thing I found interesting about my workplace is all the new and advanced perks and tricks the house has. For example, this may sound a little funny, but there was a hovering toilet. Another example is the showers/baths that have massagers built in, which is very nice. My last example is a built-in coffee maker, which I have never seen before.