Had a new guy start at work a week ago. Was his first day flying solo yesterday. It's the same role I do. Over teh last four years, I've effectively been doing both roles across multiple places to cover. We've had people come and go because they can't handle the workload and/or teh money and hours are not worth it, and it's true they aren't. Met this new guy twice and had a weird feeling. The amount of people I've seen come and go, my gut is pretty good. he is effectively looking after a couple of places I've been at for over 10 years. I've been moved to the largest venue over the years but as I said running all of them for a long time.
Right away, I get the feeling he's trying to shut me out. We really need to work together in the role to achieve the outcome but hasn't asked a single question on any procedures and policies or how things work. Comes across like he knows it all already. A got a staff member working where he's based to send his avaialbility as I'm doing rosters and he sends an email 'so and so sent their timesheet, where are the others as I need to approve for my facilities.' Hold on pal, calm the fuck down. Right away I was annoyed, as A. it wasn't a timesheet, and B. his facilities, fuck off mate, they aren't yours pal. When I put over 10 years of literally blood sweat and tears into a place, you don't walk in and call them your own. I also said I'd go and see him at a certain time to run him through everything and have a meeting to have a chat and start nutting out things, but when I went there, he had left and gone somewhere else.
He then went ahead and did timesheets and didn't CC me in the email. He sent me a stupid spreadsheet which we never do to show the hours for my primary venue that had approved that were on some of the timesheets. When I told him we CC each other he got the shits and wrote 'well I already sent you the spreadsheet but here they are.' WTF? Also in the email to payroll he writes that 'attached are timesheets for my staff.' Again, not your staff mate. I wrote him a specific breakdown of the procedure as I wasn't sure if the guy he replaced ran him through it before he left.
He then sends an email saying 'Hey, so and so says you are the man. What's the procedure with fixing etc. etc. in the system? I was so fucking mad yesterday. I don't know if he has power issues as trying to claim people and venues as his own really fucks me off. If he's trying to step on my toes, he's met his match. I know all that probably didn't make a lot of sense, but damn I'm annoyed.
I'm the easiest guy to work with, and don't expect him to know everything as we can take our time and start working through things, but the blatant disregard, I get the strong feeling he's either intimidated or just so far up his own ass he thinks he's better than everyone. It's not a control thing for me, but the lack of gratitude, respect and common courtesy is something I can't cop.
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