My company finally made a written policy that all scrap copper be returned to the shop. It has been a rule for many years but very rarely followed. Usually we give it to the apprentices or use it for a job party. Management kind of figured last year that something was up when the Oregon division did about the same dollar volume as us but turned in over $100,000 dollars more in scrap than us. Now it all has to go back to the shop.We tried to tell them that we are just better at ordering it, but that didn’t fly. They tell us they use the money for the extra curricular things they do for us. But who is to know.
