Eternal Sunshine Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) I have always had success with this approach. Of course you need to say it nicely and politely. Your boss is also likely afraid of his/her boss and doesn’t want the hassle. Set up a meeting with your boss and state that you don’t think the expectations are reasonable unless they want large increases in error rates. You have nothing to lose. Worst case scenario, your boss will use a broken-record approach and reiterate what’s already been said. Edited October 23, 2019 by a LoveShack.org Moderator quote removed Link to post Share on other sites
Author ironpony Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) Oh okay, but I already did tell him I was being timed when the machine was down, and he said that it was taken into account. It was just his way of dodging it, it seemed. Edited October 23, 2019 by ironpony Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 OP, agree with those others, business owners among them, who are giving you early warning of an imminent job action and to immediately seek other employment. IDK what 'tools an machines' are in your world but in mine, heavy industrial where tools and machines make parts and equipment for industry, there's constant animus between employees and employers, everyone is gaming for the bigger better deal. That's not bad, it's just business, at least during the four decades I've been in it. Loyalty and care on either side went out the window a long time ago. As an employee you should always work the angle to maximize your job performance and constantly seek a better deal for yourself, even if you leverage your current employer in that deal. Do it smart and you can recycle them a number of times, since jobs like yours are a revolving door especially in this tight job market. I've seen employees go back and forth with the same company, and competitors, many times in their careers, each an improvement of their personal situation. The constant animus and BBD mindset rubbed me the wrong way so I went out on my own and battled against fellow vendors for jobs instead of an employer who could fire me at 4:30pm without notice. I got my notice one day when it wasn't me being fired, but the shop fired, and closed, so I went to all the shops customers I knew, some big ones in the mix, and told them their work would continue uninterrupted since I had slowly been buying 'tools and machines' for a few years getting ready to make the move. The closing just put a period on the sentence. Those customers were the seed of the new business. With the current employer, say nothing, listen, follow instructions, off the clock seek a new job; once secure, give notice, expect to be fired on the spot, smile, thank them for the opportunity, walk. Link to post Share on other sites
Author ironpony Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 Oh okay. Well it seems like if I try to explain things to him, he just doesn't see it the same way, or understand, like I tried before. A few days ago, for example, my machine broke down and was being repairted, and I noticed that my machine was missing a part when comparing to the other workers' faster machines, and so I told him, that the part was missing, compared, which was slowing my machine down, or what looks like could be it. He then said that there is no way that the machine could have been running without that part, and said I must have moved it myself and lost it just now. But I didn't. It was missing the whole time and I never saw it. Now he wants me to find this part that he thinks I lost, but it never existed, or if it does, I don't know where it is of course. He also came over today, and said I am loosing the company money again, and that I am not making a product every 15 minutes so far today. But I wasn't even in the department he was talking about today, and I was placed elsewhere to do a different job so far for the day. I told him this, and then he said oh yeah, I meant when you are in that area. So it seems like he changed what he was talking about, after I politely corrected him. Link to post Share on other sites
Author ironpony Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 Another thing that makes it really frustrating at work is that I feel that there is a lot of miscommunication, cause most people who work there including the one supervisor, do not speak the best English, so I can only understand about half of what they are saying, and if they are not talking to me, they usually talk to each other in their own language most of the time. If I were to mention any issues of why I have been misunderstanding what the supervisors want, should I bring this up to the higher ups? Link to post Share on other sites
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