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
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