Arctic Mining

Tom Parker is a geological field technician and field coordinator for Arctic Mining Consultants. Parker has experience relating to all nontechnical aspects of mineral exploration including: claim staking, line cutting and grid installation, soil sampling, prospecting and trenching. He is also responsible for hiring, training and supervising all field assistants that are employed by Arctic Mining Consultants. Field technicians are paid a fairly low daily wage and are provided with meals and accommodations. A field assistant’s wages will not be affected by how long they work in a given day (which can sometimes be up to 12 hours or more). Parker acted as project manager for a job that involved staking 15 claims near Eagle Lake, British Columbia. He selected John Talbot, Greg Boyce, and Brian Millar to accompany him on this project. They had all worked under Parker previously as field assistants.

On their first day on the job, Parker explained the time constraint of only one week to complete the job, which meant that everyone would have to average seven and a half lengths per days. Parker told his team that despite the fact that this was a lot of work, he was confident they could accomplish their goals. He also added that if the team met this goal, there was a $300 bonus in it for each of them. On the subsequent days on the job all team members attempted to complete their goals. Parker and Talbot met their goals throughout the project but Millar and Boyce usually fell short. Despite the fact that both Millar and Boyce were not meeting the prescribed daily minimum lengths, Parker always directed his negative feedback to Millar pointing out his inadequacies but not mentioning anything to Boyce (despite the fact that he consistently completed equal or fewer lengths than Millar). On the days that Millar completed all 7 lengths, Parker remained silent.

On the final day Millar was working as hard as he could but by lunch he was still extremely behind...