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SuperJail Warden wrote:

How do I manage my subordinate aides? Each of my classes have at least one 1 on 1 aides for some very disabled aides. I always tell them good morning or afternoon Ms. or Mr. whatever name is easiest for me pronounce. The aides are appreciative that I acknowledge them since they said others teachers don't. They also have said that I am a good teacher unprompted before.

It is still really strange to have a lady old enough to be my mom call me Mr. Beth and act with deference to me. This is doubly so for the Arab and Muslim ones who probably think I am one of them and have some kind of affinity/extra respect for me.

What is there to do? It sounds like they already respect u and recognize u as a superior. That's cool. Just be nice to them

i thought you used to teach unruly african-americans? you are diaphanous.

And tomorrow I will be a trauma surgeon.

maybe he's a publisher, like you, uziq

For one brief beautiful moment I thought the company xmas gift was a usb coffee warmer, but no, its a stupid inductive charger pad.

I have to go back to work Monday.

At least I am doing World War 2 with U.S. 2 kids. New Imperialism and China for the World History kids and then World War 1. So we are coming back to at least fun stuff.

think everyone is really struggling with motivation this time around.

we're in a third massive lockdown and i think everyone is just out of juice. i've been procrastinating for about 70% of my workday. judging from emails/teams activity, it's a general malaise, too. wasn't like this before new year. wonder how long before something blows up.

i really hate managers and bosses who try to stamp down on small indulgences that hurt no one. especially in times like these. people need motivation and uplift.

I like to think I was fairly chill about my management style. But sometimes being the "dickhead" can be unavoidable. Employees don't always get along with each other, so you have to break that up. Or they'll go off on you, so you have to put your foot down. Or they break/lose things, so you have to get to the bottom of that. And then there's just the procrastination. If I drive halfway across the state for a job, I'm not going to lounge about a greasy spoon for an hour and a half lingering over a long-cold breakfast and claim it as work.

I know another company who had a guy that lied about where he was and what he was doing. His company car was traced to a casino, where his boss met him for the keys.

Hands off is a good way to put it. I don't really enjoy "exercising power" over power over people, and resent being maneuvered into a position where I have to get involved that way. I'd rather shoot the shit about non-work stuff during breaks or whatever, but realize that being too chummy can also wreak havoc on respect for your management. A trap I've seen people fall into and refuse to do so myself.

End result I guess is I've seen more people get off their asses when I show up to inspect a project than for others in the company's leadership. I think that I'm sometimes spun into the bad cop reputation by other upper-ups even if all I do sometimes is show up and wave if everything looks cool.

disclaimer: not a management expert by any means; didn't go to college for this *#&

re: procrastination,

as long as the work's done well in the end within reasonable timelines or (if applicable) enclosed schedules, that's my primary concern. but i don't really have much leeway for people flipping a schedule on its head sitting on their thumbs most of the day while other people are doing their tasks for them.

Could have been an e-mail.

Ugggh, that is the worst. Company meetings should not be allowed to stray off-topic or be hijacked by internal politics/rivalries. Such a waste of time for everyone involved. Needs a relentless guiding hand. Honestly one of the biggest kinds of grudges I hold in my business life is a wasted afternoon, fwp.

Uzique will be back. He has no one else but Dilbert to listen to his beep beep music.