The Topic That Will Never Die XX

[jhen713]

Thanks, for the bday wishes. I'm officially putting birthdays on hold until further notice.

 

[vollygirl]

Jhen, awesome cake! Kudo's to Mrs. Jhen!

Windy, how many days?

OS, you might need to help them understand why they need to fill the position rather than absorb it.

 

[Orangesmokey]

I am about to do the same. Things have been rough on me at work lately. Been taking on the responsibility of the position "above" me because the other guy( my FIL....don't get me started) is retiring at the end of the year. He mentally checked out months ago and doesn't give a flying flip flop. Def putting tension in the air.

Right now I am doing my job.. half of the other guys that still here job and bits and pieces of the parts manager's job. I don't mind helping out but I'm not going to do it for an extended amount of time without compensation for it.

 

[Orangesmokey]

Jhen, awesome cake! Kudo's to Mrs. Jhen!

Windy, how many days?

OS, you might need to help them understand why they need to fill the position rather than absorb it.

Thats a very interesting point. How would you suggest I do that? (serious question) I need all the help I can get.

 

[jhen713]

In all seriousness, just do YOUR job and let the other stuff go undone. Easier said than done, I know. I'm in the same boat. Sometimes its easier to do what someone else is supposed to be doing.

 

[vollygirl]

Thats a very interesting point. How would you suggest I do that? (serious question) I need all the help I can get.

Make a list of everything he could've done to make you more productive, to start. (Some of the stuff he was probably supposed to be doing and wasn't.) Get detailed if you need to and show how it would've saved money by better utilizing resources (people and time).

 

[Orangesmokey]

In all seriousness, just do YOUR job and let the other stuff go undone. Easier said than done, I know. I'm in the same boat. Sometimes its easier to do what someone else is supposed to be doing.

I have been trying to do that but I have a bad habit of seeing something that needs to be done and getting it done because it bothers me to see stuff go undone.

I can't tell right now if they are testing me to see if I can handle the position or if they are just trying to get that work done without paying someone to do it.

:banghead2:

 

[vollygirl]

Picking up other peoples' slack is a terrible habit, and one that is impossibly hard to avoid for some of us. I feel your pain OS. lol

 

[Orangesmokey]

Make a list of everything he could've done to make you more productive, to start. (Some of the stuff he was probably supposed to be doing and wasn't.) Get detailed if you need to and show how it would've saved money by better utilizing resources (people and time).

:hi: On my resume I put some of the duties that I am doing in the position I am in now and some of those duties are stuff the manager should have been doing.

 

[Orangesmokey]

Picking up other peoples' slack is a terrible habit, and one that is impossibly hard to avoid for some of us. I feel your pain OS. lol

Feels like being taken advantage of a lot.

 

[vollygirl]

Feels like being taken advantage of a lot.

Yep. What really sucks is when you have to do somebody else's job just to be able to do your own job.

 

[jhen713]

I have been trying to do that but I have a bad habit of seeing something that needs to be done and getting it done because it bothers me to see stuff go undone.

I can't tell right now if they are testing me to see if I can handle the position or if they are just trying to get that work done without paying someone to do it.

:banghead2:

Could be both, most likely they want to keep going as is without management pay. Hard not to keep on keeping on. You dong want to make yourself look bad.

 

[vollygirl]

Here's another thing OS, keep detailed notes on what is happening. If you find a position somewhere else that you want, your experience in this situation and how you handle it can go a long way. You are gaining experience and situation knowledge right now, if nothing else.

 

[volwindy]

Thanks, for the bday wishes. I'm officially putting birthdays on hold until further notice.

Yours or everyones?

 

[Orangesmokey]

All good information and help. Thanks guys. :good!:

 

[volwindy]

jhen, awesome cake! Kudo's to mrs. Jhen!

Windy, how many days?

Os, you might need to help them understand why they need to fill the position rather than absorb it.

94!

 

[jhen713]

Yours or everyones?

Just mine. I have to give you Young'ns time to catch up.

 

[Grand Vol]

Just mine. I have to give you Young'ns time to catch up.

I don't know about you, but I'm staying 29 forever.

 

[vol_in_ar]

I'd settle for 39

 

[jhen713]

I'm content at 35.

 

[volwindy]

I don't know about you, but I'm staying 29 forever.

Lol

 

[Grand Vol]

I'd settle for 39

Having the knowledge I know now at age...never mind...with my 29 year old body?

That would work for me.

 

[Orangesmokey]

28 has been my favorite age so far. I'm 32 now but I can tell I am getting older and running is starting to take a toll on my body more now. I get more sore and aches and pains.

 

[jhen713]

28 has been my favorite age so far. I'm 32 now but I can tell I am getting older and running is starting to take a toll on my body more now. I get more sore and aches and pains.

How old is your oldest son? Lots of practice that year?

 

[Orangesmokey]

How old is your oldest son? Lots of practice that year?

:lolabove: :lolabove: :lolabove: :lolabove: He is four and I didn't even think about that, but now that you mention that it makes it even more my favorite age.