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It seems to me, that in order for you to succeed in a job you must be a butt kisser to get on management's good side. I have never done that and never will, I have been fired from multiple jobs because I would not kiss their butts or go drinking with them, I do not drink so why go out.
The last boss that fired me apparently had a problem with me, he moved me from first shift to second shift without talking to me about it promised me a raise and gave me second shift supervisor position because he said I earned it, and I agreed with him since I was there a year before he was. So I took the position and fixed a lot of the problems that were there, like getting rid of the people that were drinking on the job selling drugs and all the slackers that wouldn't do anything, and started off with a fresh crew. We would have all the trailers loaded the warehouse cleaned, then they asked me to start coming in an hour early to get the ups, FedEx, etc. ready because supposedly the first shift supervisor and his crew were too busy, doing what, who knows, I would walk in and they'd all be in the office sitting around laughing and joking around and the supervisor would say we knocked out all these trailers and they were busting there butts all day and he got upset when I told him those were the trailers we had loaded up so what have you guys been doing all day that I have to come in an hour early, and he didn't like it one bit, so he went crying to the manager and had me fired for insubordination. I knew something was up so I got my phone ready and recorded the whole conversation that led to my dismissal, and took it to the Unemployment office and won my claim for $9000.00 dollars because that was not a good enough reason to fire me.
Turns out one of my co-workers from that place told me the manager asked him to talk to me and that if I would consider going back and be the first and second shift supervisor after he realized the work had backed up and that I was actually the one getting the work out , I refused to go back because I not be comfortable being there.
Just keep your head up, and do your work just don't give them your best because that is what they will expect from you always and if they don't get it you're a problem to them.
My first job was sign-waving. I had 3 superiors. One was a nice lady, by the books. One was a not-so-nice, but not mean either woman, also by the books. One was the owner. The owner was a "chill" dude who listened to rap and gave me the impression of someone who smoked weed. If you were his friend you could clock in and just leave to do other things. I wasn't his friend. Still, he was pretty relaxed, and let you slide. Letting you "slide" was mainly things like: Letting you wear the costume partially on hot days, letting you come in before clocking out a little earlier and allowing you to use signs that were lighter in weight to wield. He himself was often 10 minutes late. Unless one of the by-the-books ladies was around. Then he got a harassed look on his face and started nagging you. For an owner he seemed awful subservient to one of his employees.
My second, and current, job has a butt-kisser. Luckily (yes, luckily) he was promoted recently. Before his promotion we had the same duties, and there were many instances where I had to pick up his slack. We have a scheduled Sweep Duty where we are to sweep the store, clean the bathrooms and round up the carts. He never cleaned the bathrooms leaving whoever had Sweep Duty after him extra (disgusting) work to do. When I told one of my (least favorite) supervisors about it she gave me a dubious look and told me to go clean the bathroom instead, even though I wasn't on Sweep Duty. I begrudgingly went to clean the filthy bathroom. When he completed his sweeps he left the dirt and garbage in a large pile instead of sweeping it up into the provided dust pan and throwing it in the trash can like a normal person would do. Even though he was a bagger like me, he might as well not have been since he was never around. He spent a large majority of his time chatting up the female employees. To put a long story short he is pretty darn lousy.
Just keep your head up, and do your work just don't give them your best because that is what they will expect from you always and if they don't get it you're a problem to them.
OR, do your best, work well as a team with your superiors, and get rewarded with promotions and raises, in addition to bonuses and unofficial perks like being able to work from home or take PTO without asking permission first. /first hand experience
OR, do your best, work well as a team with your superiors, and get rewarded with promotions and raises, in addition to bonuses and unofficial perks like being able to work from home or take PTO without asking permission first. /first hand experience
Agree, always do your best, not just for someone else, but for you own self esteem and pride.
Maybe if you follow the rules and take care of your own side of the street instead of worrying about others, your next job will not require floor sweeping or a costume.
Maybe if you follow the rules and take care of your own side of the street instead of worrying about others, your next job will not require floor sweeping or a costume.
This.
I sense an underlying sense of hostility and aggression in the OP's tone in describing his personality and job.
That's fine you don't want to go out drinking with co-workers. I never do either.
But I certainly didn't go around questioning superior's requests and orders, or let my ego get in the way of not antagonizing others.
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