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LeggaLegga said: 

Chapo said: 

You sound like a horrible supervisor. I doubt you would succeed if you took over for my boss. Also I feel bad, but I actually might quit in 6 months and I am literally taking care of so much work that I expect it to be a fucking catastrophe if I give a 1 month notice.

Probably I wouldn't, Chapo. I have no idea how your boss manages drug addicts, I would just fire you and get someone better. I don't have your boss' patience, either. I would not work for a company that got themselves into a situation where one employee leaving will cause a catastrophe. Maybe they should've fired some people early on, and maybe then you wouldn't be in that situation. Food for thought.

They fired plenty of people early on, one on their 1st day as a new boss there. I am certain you couldn’t have done as well.

LeggaLegga said:

@Chai: Who are you?

I am that I am

I am the great I am

chai said: 

I am that I am

I am the great I am

Uh, alright.

LeggaLegga said: 

Chapo, why do you keep repeating that I couldn't do your boss' job, when I've said multiple times that that I probably couldn't?

Let me repeat myself one more time by saying that your boss has to be a good one if he can even keep junkies in line; I'd just fire them for the toxic sandbags that they are.

If other people are any yardstick measure of success, I wouldn't say I'm exactly "failing" at my job. However, I don't hold any delusions of being the best, and I've plenty of things I still need to learn, and I recognize there are several areas where I need to improve. In fact, I'm quite junior for my position. So if you'd like to tell me why you think I'm a horrible supervisor, then I can decide if I should actually change my management style or if you're just being childish and spiteful. 

User333 I think it's you whose standards are skewed. Even if I was managing a MacDonald I wouldn't hire druggies, what the fuck. No disrespect to people working in MacDonalds but you get the gist. How shitty a workplace does it have to be to justify your hiring policy?

Yes, Chapo. I couldn't drug-test my employees. I'd argue that junkies generally populate the bottom-pile, though. But maybe you're a junkie superstar.

How am I controlling people in ways they don't want to be controlled? My student certainly didn't want me to cancel her presentation or give her shit-tasks. However, her behavior has already significantly improved as a consequence. I'd argue it's better for both me and my student.

Also, why is it good if a supervisor is a bottleneck in the workplace? Isn't it the supervisor's job to ensure that the place runs smoothly without his help? My final goal is to make people I work with independent, and not co-dependent, so I can focus on bigger things. I certainly have some tasks where people depend on me. However, I'm actively working on ensuring that they don't depend on me.

I'm erring on the side of you not really knowing what you're talking about as opposed to this being useful feedback... But happy to be proven wrong.

Why do you hate covid so much?

Legga legga legga are you by chance a cocktail socialist? How is my perception skewed when you're not aware of the hiring pool for McDonald's restaurants, in the USA?

Perhaps in some fancy Mcdonald's in Denmark where you're from you can have your selection of hirees that finished highschool and don't have a criminal record. 

Basically, unironically, check your privilege, is what I'm saying here.

All you did was show your incompetence in the field of managing MacDonalds. If I were your Macdonald's general manager, I would fire you and get a more results oriented down to earth manager that can bring me more profits.

LeggaLegga said: 

Yes, Chapo. I couldn't drug-test my employees. I'd argue that junkies generally populate the bottom-pile, though. But maybe you're a junkie superstar.

How am I controlling people in ways they don't want to be controlled? My student certainly didn't want me to cancel her presentation or give her shit-tasks. However, her behavior has already significantly improved as a consequence. I'd argue it's better for both me and my student.

Also, why is it good if a supervisor is a bottleneck in the workplace? Isn't it the supervisor's job to ensure that the place runs smoothly without his help? My final goal is to make people I work with independent, and not co-dependent, so I can focus on bigger things. I certainly have some tasks where people depend on me. However, I'm actively working on ensuring that they don't depend on me.

I'm erring on the side of you not really knowing what you're talking about as opposed to this being useful feedback... But happy to be proven wrong.

You’re whipping people to work and you are dreaded because of it. The thing about the presentation wouldn’t bother me if you hadn’t granted it beforehand if you thought it might not happen. You don’t have to be essential to be a good supervisor, you have to be essential to do what you are trying to do as a supervisor. Good luck with the future of the shithole you are working at. Also she sweared at you for a reason, I imagine you are the most hated person there based on what you’ve said.

I want to travel, kinda sucks T_T

LeggaLegga said:

Let me repeat myself one more time by saying that your boss has to be a good one if he can even keep junkies in line; I'd just fire them for the toxic sandbags that they are.

Even if I was managing a MacDonald I wouldn't hire druggies, what the fuck. No disrespect to people working in MacDonalds but you get the gist. How shitty a workplace does it have to be to justify your hiring standard?

That's how you become a captain with no crew at the lower levels. 

These are the people willing to work for minimum wage tier 'benefits', you take what you can get as long as they aren't actively getting in the way of the workflow. What are you expecting, that they'll drug test every employee that comes into a high turnover scenario? 

There's also the domino effect that follows firing someone who people enjoyed coworking with, if not simply reduced morale from the example you're showing them. You aren't always just removing one person when making such hasty, rash decisions, you could end up losing some of your drug-free team members too. When the pay is shit a lot of people already have their eyes on other prospects, so helping them quit doesn't really do the business any favors.