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<blockquote data-quote="westsideworma" data-source="post: 319814"><p>It depends on your boss. Are there some days I wish I had stayed hourly? Sure, because I controlled how bad my day was then (for the most part). Now my day can suck from things I have no control over (late loads, too many unloaders/sorters with no help or too much help on the slides, etc). I mean are there a lot of ridiculous things? You bet there are,like knowing every possible piece of information (keys, E.S.T.A., commitment statement etc) verbatim, no paraphrasing or be sent home comes to mind. Our manager's mindset is if you can't speak it you aren't doing it. If that's true then I have a problem...I have been doing my own brakes for years, but could I recite/write him the ford service manuals instructions for the procedure verbatim? nope, absolutely not, that doesn't change the fact that I know how to do my own brakes.</p><p></p><p>By and large its not a bad job, its just all the busywork that upper management doesn't want to deal with. I've been luck I've had to cover pulls most of this and last week (vacations, people quitting, people just not coming in without calling etc) so its been rather satisfying lately (doing a pull, not the quittinf etc haha). IF you've got the respect of your people it becomes a great job. I've done every job in the building (except SPA) though was predominantly a loader before supervision and my people know that. So when I say something needs to be done or I coach them on a possible better way to do something, they at least try it because they know I've done it. At the same time I respect them by not demanding impossible goals that I know I could not meet myself. As I told one of the newer supes, respect isn't given, its earned. When you've worked here a month and decide to be a supe, no one is going to listen to you because other than theoretical knowledge, you have no idea what you're doing and they know it so why would they listen? I was a loader for 3+ years on one of the heaviest pickoffs in the building sweating it out with them through all the BS and impossible standards. Now I supervise the line I used to load on and its really not bad, everyone helps when I need it, digs in when I ask that of them and in return try to show appreciation towards them when applicable (took my old line out to breakfast before for meeting our service goals during peak etc).</p><p></p><p>Its give and take, give your people the knowledge and tools to be successful then let them take care of the rest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westsideworma, post: 319814"] It depends on your boss. Are there some days I wish I had stayed hourly? Sure, because I controlled how bad my day was then (for the most part). Now my day can suck from things I have no control over (late loads, too many unloaders/sorters with no help or too much help on the slides, etc). I mean are there a lot of ridiculous things? You bet there are,like knowing every possible piece of information (keys, E.S.T.A., commitment statement etc) verbatim, no paraphrasing or be sent home comes to mind. Our manager's mindset is if you can't speak it you aren't doing it. If that's true then I have a problem...I have been doing my own brakes for years, but could I recite/write him the ford service manuals instructions for the procedure verbatim? nope, absolutely not, that doesn't change the fact that I know how to do my own brakes. By and large its not a bad job, its just all the busywork that upper management doesn't want to deal with. I've been luck I've had to cover pulls most of this and last week (vacations, people quitting, people just not coming in without calling etc) so its been rather satisfying lately (doing a pull, not the quittinf etc haha). IF you've got the respect of your people it becomes a great job. I've done every job in the building (except SPA) though was predominantly a loader before supervision and my people know that. So when I say something needs to be done or I coach them on a possible better way to do something, they at least try it because they know I've done it. At the same time I respect them by not demanding impossible goals that I know I could not meet myself. As I told one of the newer supes, respect isn't given, its earned. When you've worked here a month and decide to be a supe, no one is going to listen to you because other than theoretical knowledge, you have no idea what you're doing and they know it so why would they listen? I was a loader for 3+ years on one of the heaviest pickoffs in the building sweating it out with them through all the BS and impossible standards. Now I supervise the line I used to load on and its really not bad, everyone helps when I need it, digs in when I ask that of them and in return try to show appreciation towards them when applicable (took my old line out to breakfast before for meeting our service goals during peak etc). Its give and take, give your people the knowledge and tools to be successful then let them take care of the rest. [/QUOTE]
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