Unexpected, Welcome and Relief

I’m stunned this has happened, but I’m quick to criticise my employers on the many occasions that they mess things up, so I have to give them a bit of credit when they make a decision that is sensible. It has been agreed today that Joanna will NOT take over my job on Monday. A temporary solution has been thrown together where she’ll be alongside someone called Martin, who I know quite well and is a good man, until she is fully up to speed with all the complexities of the job and is confident enough to do them on her own.
This is in no way a reflection on Joanna and her abilities, it is just impossible for anyone to learn enough about this position in 10 days for them to then be left to get on with it. There are 4 different sites she is responsible for, all of which run slightly differently, and you would ideally need to spend a month at each one before you would understand what is needed at each. In the time she and I have had together, we have barely managed to leave my office.
Martin is now high up on the technical side of the business, but prior to that he was a manager of stores and filling stations for about 15 years, and was partly responsible for the creation of the current way of doing things, with Area Sub-Division Micro-Managing Supervisors (or whatever the Hell my job title is this week) so he really knows his stuff and will be a perfect mentor.
It’s great for Joanna and it’s great for me, because now I can get through my last day tomorrow without feeling like I’m dropping her in it or sabotaging the jobs of everyone I’ve got to know at the garages over the past few years.

RC 25-2-21