Managers, Supervisors, and just all around organized and responsible peeps....

[JayOctavarium]

So... I had an informal 1 on 1 with our property manager we work for (basically who our company answers to at this account). She's already praising me, talking about how excited she is that I am going to be running things. I think.. I think that is a great sign

[jingle.boy]

Is she hawt?

[JayOctavarium]

To be quite honest, she is not bad looking. A bit seasoned, but nothing wrong with that. Also... she's got a great rack...

I've already developed a great working relationship over the last 5 years, so she already knows my work ethic, and I already know exactly what to expect from her.

[cramx3]

Sounds like you got everything in the right place for you to succeed, just got to do your thing.  Be confident and set a good example for the people under you.  You got this.

[ReaperKK]

Sounds like you got everything in the right place for you to succeed, just got to do your thing.  Be confident and set a good example for the people under you.  You got this.

Couldn't of said it better myself

[JayOctavarium]

I've dealt with so much bullshit over the last 27 days. The latest being a cut in hours at one of our accounts, which meant I had to let someone know they no longer had a job, as we had no other places to put him. (I also made a phone call to a good friend of mine who happens to be an account manager for another company, and within 2 hours of having to tell him he was cut, I had a job interview lined up for him).

It's been a crazy month, but I received this  email in response to something and it made my day:

Great work on this Jeremy.

I know you have been busy with alot of stuff.  I really appreciate all you do and I'm very happy to have you as the post supervisor at Seabridge. 

[ReaperKK]

That type of stuff is always great to hear, it sounds like you're busting ass but making some good changes.

Also you're a good dude for getting the guy you had to let go an interview at another place.

[JayOctavarium]

So I might be getting another promotion semi soonish.

My boss has been trying to pick up another account (about the same size as the account I currently run) for a while. He's one step closer to nailing it. If we get it, I'd have to hire a supervisor for that account, and I'd get promoted up to an Area Supervisor to oversee both (technically all 3) accounts in the area.

[TempusVox]

Soooo...what you've described is basically you're being promoted to a role you really aren't sure how to be succesaful with. Welcome to the Peter Principle of the corporate world.
Wherein the selection of a candidate for a position is based on the candidate's performance in their current role, rather than on abilities relevant to the intended role. Thus, employees only stop being promoted once they can no longer perform effectively, and "managers rise to the level of their incompetence". And the company will basically take you from a role where you've obviously proven to be successful, thereby losing your current productivity as well in the process.


Congratulations?

... and good luck.

My best advice...study all you can on servant leadership. That model has proven to get optimum results for highly effective leaders; and find yourself a mentor or someone you can trust to bounce ideas off of, and from whom you can learn from in a honest environment.

[millahh]

Soooo...what you've described is basically you're being promoted to a role you really aren't sure how to be succesaful with. Welcome to the Peter Principle of the corporate world.

I seem to recall a thread on that recently 

(as an aside, I always thought "the Peter Principle" sounded like the punchline of a dirty joke)

Whenever you get promoted, remember that you've been promoted to do the new job, not the new job AND your old job...and don;t assume that what made you successful in the old role means you will be successful in the new one.  Each new responsibility means new skills and new areas of focus.

[JayOctavarium]

My best advice...study all you can on servant leadership. That model has proven to get optimum results for highly effective leaders; and find yourself a mentor or someone you can trust to bounce ideas off of, and from whom you can learn from in a honest environment.

At this point, that has been my boss. He's really taken me under his wing.  I'm also going to start bouncing ideas off of a guy who just got promoted up to an Account Manager from Area Supervisor. I guess technically he's also my boss, but he doesn't really get involved in my account as much as he does others.

[Implode]

Super late and reading through, but I wanted to say the EB's first response is what I'd recommend. Nothing beats a hand written list, at least for me.

EDIT: Seems I'm even later than I thought.

[JayOctavarium]

Super late and reading through, but I wanted to say the EB's first response is what I'd recommend. Nothing beats a hand written list, at least for me.

EDIT: Seems I'm even later than I thought.

I'm gonna have to write you up for that. Tardiness is not acceptable.

[King Postwhore]

[cramx3]

  My boss would love to have that

[JayOctavarium]

There's also talk of taking me off of guard duty all together and putting me in an admin office on the property to just handle admin bullshit.


As it is right now, I spend my day in the front office, doing my admin shit, as well as the regular guard shit. It's getting to the point where I have no time to deal with the regular day to day bullshit as well as everything else.

That would be interesting, and a cool first step towards an area supervisor gig.

[Stadler]

You seem to do a lot of shit.  Literally. 

[TAC]

Yeah, no shit.

[Phoenix87x]

So I am not a strait up manager on paper or anything, but I do have to oversee technicians and make sure medications get up to the floors and that work flow continues.

But anyway, here goes todays story. Patient is in the ER and has a GI bleed and is ordered a drip. Now is this like a super stat med where if they don't have it immediately do they die? No, but I personally think its bullshit if a patient is bleeding internally should have to wait longer than they need to, but the IV room technician really doesn't give a shit, and it infuriates me.

I print the label and tell the "counter" tech to go give it to IV tech and she does. So like 15 mins goes by and I figure its done so I get up to go get it and there's the god damn IV tech not even in the IV room, leaning against the counter sipping her coffee and shooting the shit with a co-worker. She didn't even start yet...

Now I need to say that I need to watch my ass with these people, because they will go to HR in heartbeat, so I politely say "hey, did you happen to see the label for the drip?" and she gives me this dirty look and with an attitude goes "yeah, I saw it". I was was pissed, but you have to swallow it at my job, or you will be at HR real fast.

It drives me crazy. Its not like we work at Kmart. Its a god damn hospital. Things need to get done when they need to get done so do your fucking job. 


TL:DR   I hate having to manage lazy, complacent and entitled people.

[TAC]

Fuck them. As long as you remain professional, the goal is the patient care. So they go to HR and say you were upset because they were shooting the shit instead of taking care of the patient. Let 'em.

[Stadler]

I don't know; I'm not a doctor, and I don't even play one on TV, but I feel like even if it isn't life or death, your coffee will wait while that person lies in bed bleeding from their intestines wondering if they're going to die or not.  The medicine may not save their life, but it may give them some mental comfort that someone cares about them, and it'll ultimately be ok. 

[ReaperKK]

There's also talk of taking me off of guard duty all together and putting me in an admin office on the property to just handle admin bullshit.

As someone who spent 7 years running a hotel which included cleaning pools, doing renovations, covering shifts my dummy employees wouldn't show up for I say do it. I have a desk job and it's the best. I also have a great sense of what it is like putting in back to back to back to back 12 hour days that it makes me appreciate my desk job that much more.

[wolfking]

So I am not a strait up manager on paper or anything, but I do have to oversee technicians and make sure medications get up to the floors and that work flow continues.

But anyway, here goes todays story. Patient is in the ER and has a GI bleed and is ordered a drip. Now is this like a super stat med where if they don't have it immediately do they die? No, but I personally think its bullshit if a patient is bleeding internally should have to wait longer than they need to, but the IV room technician really doesn't give a shit, and it infuriates me.

I print the label and tell the "counter" tech to go give it to IV tech and she does. So like 15 mins goes by and I figure its done so I get up to go get it and there's the god damn IV tech not even in the IV room, leaning against the counter sipping her coffee and shooting the shit with a co-worker. She didn't even start yet...

Now I need to say that I need to watch my ass with these people, because they will go to HR in heartbeat, so I politely say "hey, did you happen to see the label for the drip?" and she gives me this dirty look and with an attitude goes "yeah, I saw it". I was was pissed, but you have to swallow it at my job, or you will be at HR real fast.

It drives me crazy. Its not like we work at Kmart. Its a god damn hospital. Things need to get done when they need to get done so do your fucking job. 


TL:DR   I hate having to manage lazy, complacent and entitled people.

The sad reality is, these sorts of people come around more and more as time goes on.  I hate dealing with them too.  Fucking scum.  The ones I deal with are casual, so if they are smartass, lazy fuckers, luckily I can fuck them off.  I don't take shit.

These sorts of people you are dealing with in your field is not on.  DO your job as Tim said and remain professional and they can go fuck themselves.

[JayOctavarium]

So one thing I wanted to do when I took over was to cut Overtime given out.

Before I took over, my account averaged like 50+ hours of Overtime a pay period (approx 15 days per pay period).

Last pay period we were at 31.

Working on payroll for this pay period and I show 9.5.

I think I am earning my keep!

[wolfking]

So one thing I wanted to do when I took over was to cut Overtime given out.

Before I took over, my account averaged like 50+ hours of Overtime a pay period (approx 15 days per pay period).

Last pay period we were at 31.

Working on payroll for this pay period and I show 9.5.

I think I am earning my keep!

People abuse overtime.  Overtime can get out of control if a manager is not managing.  Overtime is useful and needed at times, but yeah, staff will surely taken advantage of it.  50+ is definitely too much so 9.5 seems like a reasonable amount.