Right....how was my day?
Lemme tell ya.......I thought it was going 'okay'.....and then along came some accountability I didn't accept very graciously. Oh, I accepted externally, but inside my head......NOT so graciously.
So I bought a bit of time.
When agitated, PAUSE...... I'm pretty sure 'agitated' is an understatement given where my brain went........
I pulled two people together and a third asked if they needed to be present.
I excused the other with a 'not needed' but the other two invited the third and said it was 'okay' if they remained.
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And my spiel?
They've proven to me for the last time that they simply cannot do a piece of their job that they TELL me they can do.
I get that they WANT to be able to do it...and I even have appreciation that they have attempted to TRY to do it over and over and over again.
But the bottom line--they've proven to me, with the responsibilities that they already have on their plate, that this ONE MORE responsibility is something that they just cannot get done--not in the timely manner that it's required TO be done by. Ain't happening. Ain't happened yet......
And I asked if I was wrong........and got met with silence and looks that passed between them--while the third person simply bit their lip and remained silent.
So--either they're jerking around, having a good time at my expense, or they well and truly just CANnot accomplish what's required with this one.
And the answer was they couldn't do it.
I think it took breaking it down into that 'ugly' of terms to GET the answer.
There's a part of me that's glad for the answer being put out there even if they didn't like it.
There's a part of me that's displeased that it took THIS much to get it--
The solution with them was simple.
Starting today, you're not doing it. People have been in training TO do it, they're trained--you're done effective today.
There's a part of me that's thinking I oughta be MORE than a bit relieved to be done with the energy it's taken to try to GET that job done by the ones who told me they COULD do it.
But at this moment, I'm too pissed off to be pleased........
And ya know how we got here, dontcha........--cuz I hire people JUST LIKE ME.
A bunch of 'yes thank you, I think I'd like to do that' people -- and if they didn't come to me that way, I helped them get there.......and damned if they aren't willing to DIE TRYING before they admit they simply canNOT get it done.
So the troubles I'm dealing in today ..............are of my own making.
There. Full circle.
And just for the record, I OWNED that to the two of them already......
*insert naughty words of my choosing*
6 comments:
"So--either they're jerking around, having a good time at my expense, or they well and truly just CANnot accomplish what's required with this one."
I bet it's the latter.
"There's a part of me that's displeased that it took THIS much to get it--"
Try not to be too pissed with yourself, Mel, because often in management I've had the same thing happen to me. I hired people who SAID they could do the job, when in fact, I saw down the road that they couldn't. It's so hard to judge sometimes during an interview process if someone is sincere in thinking they CAN do the job, or just B.S'ing to GET the job.
(((( You )))))
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The troubles I'm dealing in today, are also of my own making.
sigh.
don't ya just HATE that?
I was never shy about following up with work references. Nor was I shy about asking questions three different ways.
Nevertheless, I was badly fooled once and it was the only firing I had to do in 25 years of management.
Some people know how to lie solidly when the truth would have served them many more goodies!
Oh well... we're all learning.
Hi Mel,
It's never easy to be in Management and have control over who comes and who goes.
This situation didn't sound good at all...
Yah, you have the right to be pissed about it, but you can also say that that bad energy is now out the door.
I'm sorry they didn't have the good sense to admit it was too much. Thing is, I'm guessing you're a hard act to follow - I bet you get stuff done even if it is too much and in spite of all that goes on in your life to make it harder. I imagine other folks feel they ought to manage somehow once they've committed because they know that's what you would do?
But you sorted it - of course - and I bet you've made them feel ok about it : )
You are a star Mel and I hope they all appreciate it : )
A friend of mine really consciously hires people who are NOT like him... must be a little hard to do, but in the end good.
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