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14 years ago
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So, recent developments at work are both good and terribly sucky.
I've had a worker since mid-March who has been my right-hand man. He's smart (has one more BA than I do) experienced (6 years production-environment experience at a big automotive company, plus some managerial experience) and easy to get along with, as he has some geekish tendencies. We all knew I would need an assistant to help run the recycling operation, and I have pushed him towards my bosses as the best and plainly logical person to promote into that role.
My boss instead hired someone completely new off the street, whose qualifications were almost identical to my worker's. The new guy is...spoiled (he already wants a data entry clerk to take care of all the record-keeping I've been doing all this time) fairly dumb (implemented a carpentry project that made it hard/impossible to move heavier machines off our conveyer onto our work tables) an asshole to underlings (he's one of those guys who thinks you have to be an absolute jerk to assert your authority and get results) and possibly a creeper (he has hugged female visitors to the warehouse who he does not know).
This new guy is, instead of assisting me, replacing me in all my dismantling/inventory management/warehouse operations duties, and I am now king of the computer refurbishing lab, which we've almost gotten entirely set up now. While I'm very glad I'm now doing the kind of work I enjoy again, my workers all view my move as abandonment, and they (rightfully) hate the new guy. I feel terrible about my right-hand-man worker, who even asked my boss if he was ever considered for the position the new guy got. The answer was a flat "No." So, just more confirmation how important my recommendations are to the big-wigs.
Is every job like this? Does management always lie to those below them, ignore hard work, reward incompetence and punish forward thinking?
I've had a worker since mid-March who has been my right-hand man. He's smart (has one more BA than I do) experienced (6 years production-environment experience at a big automotive company, plus some managerial experience) and easy to get along with, as he has some geekish tendencies. We all knew I would need an assistant to help run the recycling operation, and I have pushed him towards my bosses as the best and plainly logical person to promote into that role.
My boss instead hired someone completely new off the street, whose qualifications were almost identical to my worker's. The new guy is...spoiled (he already wants a data entry clerk to take care of all the record-keeping I've been doing all this time) fairly dumb (implemented a carpentry project that made it hard/impossible to move heavier machines off our conveyer onto our work tables) an asshole to underlings (he's one of those guys who thinks you have to be an absolute jerk to assert your authority and get results) and possibly a creeper (he has hugged female visitors to the warehouse who he does not know).
This new guy is, instead of assisting me, replacing me in all my dismantling/inventory management/warehouse operations duties, and I am now king of the computer refurbishing lab, which we've almost gotten entirely set up now. While I'm very glad I'm now doing the kind of work I enjoy again, my workers all view my move as abandonment, and they (rightfully) hate the new guy. I feel terrible about my right-hand-man worker, who even asked my boss if he was ever considered for the position the new guy got. The answer was a flat "No." So, just more confirmation how important my recommendations are to the big-wigs.
Is every job like this? Does management always lie to those below them, ignore hard work, reward incompetence and punish forward thinking?
...Don't mind me, I've been watching that old show on Netflix. >3> Shame it's not still around...
Yes, yes, yes, and yes, although with a "although not always" clause to each of those. It's frustrating beyond belief, and sometimes these things are actually rewarded, but it all depends.
Sometimes the reasoning behind these things are so idiotic that it's ridiculous. For example, once upon a time management hired a particular person for a very prominent job. The new hire is so sickeningly poor of a choice that all of us, including management, all-but-outright said it was a terrible mistake. However, in order for the management to save face in their hiring practices, they decided to keep him on for a year and a half just so it would look like it just didn't work out. All for the sake of politics rather than so many other more-important factors.
So...best of luck, Anima! At least you're back doing more of what you enjoy doing in the first place!