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I was recently promoted to Chief Operator/Supervisor on 3rd shift. After 14 months, I accepted a 1st shift Chief Operator/Supervisor's position. My successor soon after, began to run 3rd shift into the ground. I was asked several times about going back on 3rd as Senior Chief. Severl times I turned this down as I was giving my successor his yearly review, he remarked to me that he resented me taking his job from him. This was only after he had signed the review and we were just casually taking.
Nevertheless, I tried hard not to hold this against him as I try very hard on the job, to evaluate each person on heir job performance and not their personal opinions.
After 8 months my Supervisor approached me and asked me again about going on 3rd. I told him that as long as this individual was on the shift, I couldn't go back as this would cause tension. To make a long story short, he was transfered to another plant and I'm now back on 3rd shift.
4 weeks ago, a new employee started. They have 8 years experience doing this job, but the last 4 has been doing another job.
We have had conflicts in the past. Especially when they found out I was a Fundamentalist. "You don't need the Holy Spirit, you have commentaries, original languages, articles, etc" came out of their mouth.
For some reason, this made my blood boil.
Since they have came on the shift, Ihave 12 years experience doing this job. 10 years as an operator, and 2 years as a Chief/Supervisor. Every time I would say something, they resented it.
Every time they would say something it would be preceeded by "This is how we did it in South Carolina".
To me, the 8 years experience means that they know what the job calls for, but as far as working in a different state, and at a different plant, they need to learn how things are done at the plant where I work at.
I had a big blowout with this employee Saturday morning. They said she was tired of me talking down to her. I told them I was tired of hearing "This is how we did it in SC".
Things got worse. I told them that until they came on the shift, we had a realitively peaceful crew. Since they came on, they have charged around like a bull in a china shop and has disrupted the working enviroment.
When I said that, they said "That's it, that's enough" and stormed out.
But what bothered me most is we have another new employee that has been there only a week, and they made the comment that I appear to have an "Addictive Personality". (This individual is an LPN)
I came home an looked this up on the internet. I admit that some of the traits seem to match me. (Caffine and nicotine)
I smoked pot from the time I was 14 until I was 38. I drank from the time I was 14 until I was 38. Then one day I rededicatedmy life, and God took all desire to smoke pot and get drunk away. I quit "cold turkey". I no longer lived for the weekends.
I come from an abused background. My mother told me when I was a baby, my dad would pinch me while in my crib. He was jealous of me because Mom would sit in a rocking chair and hlod me and rock me.
Later on in life, I suffered some terrible beatings. One time I had my back laid open from my neck to my butt because Dad beat me with a switch. My mom treated me, covered it up, and sent me back out.
Because I was too little to reach the lawnmower handles, I got a beating for not being able to push a lawnmower up a hill.
And this sort of thing continued on until I was 17 and able to stay away from the house.
If my dad said no to anything, I would do it anyway knowing that I was gonna get beaten.
Then at one month before my 24th birthday, I got married. It was then that I went to an adult. No longer was I only dependent on myself, I had somebody else that depended on me.
Here is the deal: I have been to seminary, and I have a degree in Pastoral Ministries. I have spent many a night pouring over books, articles, etc., studying the word of God.
I hate that somebody has the gall to tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. I hate that somebody don't believe what I say when it comes to my job. I know my job, and how to run it, and I can deal with any problem that arises.
But this one individual has come in and thinks that i shouldn't say anything to them. 8 years experience means they can pretty much do as they please. As I see it, they may have 8 years experience, but they have exactly 0 years at this facility.
If they mess up, who ultimately will bear the blame? Me.
This whole affair, plus the fact that I have been told I have an Addictive personality, is bothering me.
What should I do?
God Bless
Till all are one.
Nevertheless, I tried hard not to hold this against him as I try very hard on the job, to evaluate each person on heir job performance and not their personal opinions.
After 8 months my Supervisor approached me and asked me again about going on 3rd. I told him that as long as this individual was on the shift, I couldn't go back as this would cause tension. To make a long story short, he was transfered to another plant and I'm now back on 3rd shift.
4 weeks ago, a new employee started. They have 8 years experience doing this job, but the last 4 has been doing another job.
We have had conflicts in the past. Especially when they found out I was a Fundamentalist. "You don't need the Holy Spirit, you have commentaries, original languages, articles, etc" came out of their mouth.
For some reason, this made my blood boil.
Since they have came on the shift, Ihave 12 years experience doing this job. 10 years as an operator, and 2 years as a Chief/Supervisor. Every time I would say something, they resented it.
Every time they would say something it would be preceeded by "This is how we did it in South Carolina".
To me, the 8 years experience means that they know what the job calls for, but as far as working in a different state, and at a different plant, they need to learn how things are done at the plant where I work at.
I had a big blowout with this employee Saturday morning. They said she was tired of me talking down to her. I told them I was tired of hearing "This is how we did it in SC".
Things got worse. I told them that until they came on the shift, we had a realitively peaceful crew. Since they came on, they have charged around like a bull in a china shop and has disrupted the working enviroment.
When I said that, they said "That's it, that's enough" and stormed out.
But what bothered me most is we have another new employee that has been there only a week, and they made the comment that I appear to have an "Addictive Personality". (This individual is an LPN)
I came home an looked this up on the internet. I admit that some of the traits seem to match me. (Caffine and nicotine)
I smoked pot from the time I was 14 until I was 38. I drank from the time I was 14 until I was 38. Then one day I rededicatedmy life, and God took all desire to smoke pot and get drunk away. I quit "cold turkey". I no longer lived for the weekends.
I come from an abused background. My mother told me when I was a baby, my dad would pinch me while in my crib. He was jealous of me because Mom would sit in a rocking chair and hlod me and rock me.
Later on in life, I suffered some terrible beatings. One time I had my back laid open from my neck to my butt because Dad beat me with a switch. My mom treated me, covered it up, and sent me back out.
Because I was too little to reach the lawnmower handles, I got a beating for not being able to push a lawnmower up a hill.
And this sort of thing continued on until I was 17 and able to stay away from the house.
If my dad said no to anything, I would do it anyway knowing that I was gonna get beaten.
Then at one month before my 24th birthday, I got married. It was then that I went to an adult. No longer was I only dependent on myself, I had somebody else that depended on me.
Here is the deal: I have been to seminary, and I have a degree in Pastoral Ministries. I have spent many a night pouring over books, articles, etc., studying the word of God.
I hate that somebody has the gall to tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. I hate that somebody don't believe what I say when it comes to my job. I know my job, and how to run it, and I can deal with any problem that arises.
But this one individual has come in and thinks that i shouldn't say anything to them. 8 years experience means they can pretty much do as they please. As I see it, they may have 8 years experience, but they have exactly 0 years at this facility.
If they mess up, who ultimately will bear the blame? Me.
This whole affair, plus the fact that I have been told I have an Addictive personality, is bothering me.
What should I do?
God Bless
Till all are one.
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