Saturday, March 6, 2010

SUPER-visor

SO I've been a supervisor for just over a week now. I have never held this title at any job I've ever had, so this is new for me, I gotta tell you.

With (most) of my anxiety issues behind me, I find some of them creeping back again, as I am worried that I won't do a great job right out of the gate, and look like a failure as a supervisor to MY supervisors. But it's only been a week, and I am starting to get the hang of most of what is expected of me, but I know there is a LOT more to do, especially when the warmer weather hits, and we start to get crazy busy.

Right now, I'm "in charge" of 7 or so guys, but come warmer weather, that number will jump up to 18-20. Yikes. Most of these guys I haven't worked with for five years, and the guy they remember (me) was not the worker I am now. I admit- I was a tad lazy back then, taking shortcuts with the job, etc. Haven't been "that guy" since 2006.
But I guess I also fret about those fellas taking orders from the "Chris of old", and not wanting any part of it.

But that's just my idiosyncrasies acting up, I guess. My wife tells me that the brass wouldn't have promoted me, had they not felt I'd be up for the job, so....

I *do* feel some resentment from some of the other fellas in the York Region office, as I have only been there for 7 months, and am now a supervisor, but I have to say- in those 7 months, I busted my ass to make money and make a name for myself there.

I am trying to do a good job with this new promotion, but I get all fretty when I call my bosses, asking them what I should do when a particular situation arises, yet I have had no training to BE a super, so why am I getting tense when I make those calls?

I really dont want the super-anxt to come back, like it did last year. I got a GOOD thing going on here with this company, and I certainly don't want to blow it.

More on this, as the weeks go by.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Norris ~ don't fret man! First time supervisors like you and I aren't supposed to know what the hell we are doing. Learn by trial and error, and make use of YOUR supervisors. That's what they are there for after all!

Remember at the end of the day, it is just a job. And everyone makes mistakes ~ that's how we humans learn!

Anne & Kevin