Why I love my boss
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:56 am
Most of you know what pays my bills, but to protect the innocent, I've gerericized terms a bit...
To start with, I've got 2 supervisors, and one manager who oversees those two supervisors and their teams.
Last night, a big project was suddenly due. Generally speaking we all pulled it off great, but after it was done and pulled off greatly, my supervisors both said that something I did made other team members' task harder. I explained that I did exactly what I've always been trained to do, and they hemmed and hawed and wanted to know who taught me that way and so on. This unfortunately happens a lot, as hindsight is always 20/20.
So after we finished cleaning up from the project, I bump into my manager, and I ask him, explaining upfront that I'm not trying to buck anybody, but this is how I was trained to do it, and I get it that it makes the other team work a little harder, but I was told the benefit outweighs a little sweat-equity.
My boss, who i love, responded "that's exactly how it should be done. Unless your [supervisor] wants it done another way. Did you ask [the other team] if they shave their vaginas with up-strokes or down-strokes?"
He managed to back me up, not micro-manage the supervisors, and drop a signature one-liner in 2 sentences. I've had the giggles ever since. Thought I'd share.
-Rench
To start with, I've got 2 supervisors, and one manager who oversees those two supervisors and their teams.
Last night, a big project was suddenly due. Generally speaking we all pulled it off great, but after it was done and pulled off greatly, my supervisors both said that something I did made other team members' task harder. I explained that I did exactly what I've always been trained to do, and they hemmed and hawed and wanted to know who taught me that way and so on. This unfortunately happens a lot, as hindsight is always 20/20.
So after we finished cleaning up from the project, I bump into my manager, and I ask him, explaining upfront that I'm not trying to buck anybody, but this is how I was trained to do it, and I get it that it makes the other team work a little harder, but I was told the benefit outweighs a little sweat-equity.
My boss, who i love, responded "that's exactly how it should be done. Unless your [supervisor] wants it done another way. Did you ask [the other team] if they shave their vaginas with up-strokes or down-strokes?"
He managed to back me up, not micro-manage the supervisors, and drop a signature one-liner in 2 sentences. I've had the giggles ever since. Thought I'd share.
-Rench
