RedNeckGeek
Super Member
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2011
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- 8,753
- Location
- Butte County & Orcutt, California
- Tractor
- Kubota M62, Kubota L3240D HST (SOLD!), Kubota RTV900
Hawkeye, hope your review goes fair. When my current boss became my boss, we had a bit of a tenuous relationship, but now, he realizes that I'm his "lowest maintenance" employee, and things go fairly smooth. I did make a mistake the other day on some parts, and a scientist lady jumped on me a bit in an email, and my boss quickly came to my defense. He was more worked up over it than I. She wound down, I got her stuff reworked expediently, and the roads are smooth again. Multiple mistakes were made, which led up to my mistake.
Mistakes are a fact of life, and everybody's gonna make 'em sooner or later, Kyle. What matters is how the situation is treated. In my job as a welding engineer, much effort, time, and money was expended on the parts by the time my guys got 'em to weld together. And a LOT of mistakes made by others caused problems when we tried to make the welds. The first reaction from some of our customers was to blame the weldors, who in most cases just turned out to be the bearer of bad news. Rather than engage in a lot of finger pointing, I tried to get people focused on WHY the problem happened, and then WHAT to do about it. Sounds like your new boss did the right thing by you, Kyle, and I'm glad you were able to get it all worked out. Also sounds like he might be a keeper, 'cept if you decide to go after his job yourself.