I while back I was promoted to a front line manager job. I was given two weeks of training, mostly how to do the paperwork. I was told that when I got to the field I would shadow someone for a month to learn the actual ins and outs of the job.
I had one session with the mentor, and was then left on my own.
That’s the case in most companies.
I could talk for two hours about all the mistakes those folks made and never repeat myself once.
That’s why you note everything, everytime you warned them.
Defensive documentation. I employed it recently. I don’t want to elaborate on the extremely small chance they would see this.
If it wasn’t so true, I’d find it funny. Retirement in 15 years. I so can’t wait.
Oh man, I know this is just for funzies, but this hits home. I’m stepping in as an interim next week for a manager who was just removed and I feel like the old manager and team was the victim of this. Fingers crossed I can actually help at this point.
Why is it so fucking hard to ask for help
While in the process of still learning my job, my company decided to combine buildings and in so doing, the scope of my job changed dramatically. I work on tooling and equipment that punches parts out of steel. These machines take a long time to learn and are all kind of custom hacked together. But the presses themselves all operate very similarly.
I had just graduated from apprentice to journeyman when my supervisor stepped in to his role, and he’s from maintenance, not tool and die. To say he has a cursory understanding of what my job is is being generous.
He set some expectations on my ability to just go to any random machine and diagnose and repair it like how his maintenance guys could. In the process of attempting to explain my skill level and the differences between the two shops to him he chewed me out like I’ve never been chewed out before, and insinuated I shouldn’t have been given journeyman.
When my trainer and lead tried to explain it to him he got even more pissed off.
So, we don’t go to him for help. We’ve reached a peaceful understanding.
Sounds like a manager.
“Why didn’t you ask for help?”
“WE DID.”
They tend to get annoyed when you bring receipts too
