I have discovered that no matter how creative you are when dealing with subordinates, some just can't be fixed. And you can't legally put them through a thickness planner to bring them down to size. This is the "Everything goes" forum isn't it? Well will this forum take my crew?
Actually, it's "ANYTHING Goes", so you're out of luck, bud. :smile: Although I occasionally miss the income of a senior management position, I certainly do not miss the headaches of personnel issues. Just make sure that there aren't any witnesses or security cameras when you finally get fed up and resolve the matter in a meaningful fashion. :biggrin:
Society in general isn't getting any more intelligent, a whole lot more opinionated, but not a lot more intelligent. As a society we are now to the point where the lowest common denominator is dictating. Not everybody gets to be an astronaut. It is just how shit is these days. You can't fix stupid, but then again, who would want that job anyway? ...
In order to remove all evidence: think wood chipper, Randy. Rumor has it that John Deere will soon release a mid-management version.
I was venting. I had just gotten home from work. I had been asked to take over this crew in hopes of working my magic with them but they are like working with kindergarten children. I can't wait to get my old crew back. And what is really frightening, is the most problematic 5 of the crew, are also used as a replacement for me when I am away from the office, I mean WTF here. They can't get along themselves yet they are relied upon to run a shift. I have decided that this is not going to happen. I will bring members of my old shift back on overtime to run this shift while I take a mental health day away from these rejects. I spend most of my days off now worrying about what they are going to tattle on each other for when I get back to work. Pigs work better than a wood chipper. They eat everything. But these days with DNA, that still is not enough.The RCMP here put DNA on trial where they literally dug up and sifted though a pig farm and charged and convicted the farm owner with several counts of murder. There were dozens of counts that the prosecutors are not proceeding with cause in the end, all it would cost is money for no gain in the end. Google Robert Picton. Anyways....venting again. Think I am going to start smoking dope!
Its hard to not take personnel problems personaly, This I know. I suggest you place them on sift together and make a suprise drop-in on them, then let upper management deal with the union reps on their misconduct. The way shits going these days, a large box of caustic lye and a deep grave, preferably one thats to be filled the next day.....
Its very costly, but perhaps shooting them into space would solve your problem. It would take some doing to get them all into the capsule, but maybe you could tell them that there's a promotion in it for the first guy inside. Then Whooosh.....no DNA
Nobody works for fun, i'll take the pay over the security 10 out of 10. If you're looking for security and low pay, you're probably on the stupid end of the equation anyway. ....
Well. Last night the wife and I went out to our shift Christmas Dinner. And they were a fun group to be with. I just wished they would leave their bitching and belly-aching away from the office. Believe it or not, this work can be interesting at least, if not fun from time to time. If you are not having fun from time to time, then this work is not for you and you should move on instead of polluting the moral of others. I used to be a bit on the negative side at work long ago until my boss pointed this out to me. Since then I tried to focus on the positive side of things at work instead of the negative, and I assure you, it made a huge difference. It was from that point on, that I did start enjoying coming to work much more than in the past. It is just that with all the bitching and complaining, back stabbing and tattling going on right now, even I have had difficulty finding the positive side of working with this bunch. And even if I were successful with turning this group around, I think when I went back to my original crew, this one would fall right back to how they were when the old supervisor came back. Maybe they should be looking at him rather than the crew. Well like a I said, it was a good time with them last night on a social basis. Wished I could have stayed longer but we live about 65 miles away from where the diner was held and I was driving so I had to cut things short. I was going to call them all in on our first day back on Wednesday and give them the once over but now I have settled down and will just plug along, knowing this is temporary. Thanks for listening. Send me your bill. But don't use it as collateral on your mortgage
Randy seeing your looking on the positive side. You might as well have some fun with them. Tell one or two of them, I'm sure it will get around, that you heard rumors that management is looking to get rid of complainers, back stabbers and people who can't get along anymore. That the company only wants happy people that work together. It's a lot better for overall company moral. etc, etc Then sit back and see what happens. Of coarse you can keep feeding them "rumors" of departments they are looking at first to make the cuts. Make sure you name their group as one of the suspected problems. They (co.) had heard grumblings from the people there and around them. You could leave a note with a couple of their names on it, on your desk for them to see. If they ask what's that for. Look a little "caught" then say ooooohhhh noooothing. Enjoy your time with them. Those types can be played.
Back in my former life in the Mounties, they used to notify us of impending transfers via...dare I say..telex messages. We used to have some fun with that. Until one day someone sent out a telex advising another Member of a confirmed transfer to a new post. Over night, this "transferred" Member, listed, and sold his house, and was ready for the move only to find out this was all a hoax. I don't know what the outcome of that was but I can assure you, some money had to be paid to someone for this sale of the house, and someone probably got into a lot of shit over it. I love practical jokes . Especially when I am at the receiving end. I mind not one iotta that people get a laugh at my expense. But one has to be very careful that real damage is not done. I do pull pranks on the guys from time to time, but i am ready to jump n and prevent it from going amok. This does go a long way to lighten the mood. Just wished in this case, it stuck around longer. I hear a train in the background. I should run out and get a picture taken fro the photo thread seeing as it is not snowing right now.
And I want you in the starring role. We will use your AVATAR as the advertising poster. Just change the word "Sandcastles" to "Subordinates" and that will be ferrrrrfectomungo.
