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I'm totally "the man"

  • Jun. 20th, 2009 at 12:05 AM
toomuchplor: (one of those days)
As part of my new role in my job, I've had to take on more of a leadership position as regards rules; specifically, their enforcement.

I have never before had to send out emails that I know for a fact will ruin the days of those on the receiving end. While the emails sent are totally completely justified, I *like* the recipients and I *hate* knowing that these poor kids/young adults are going to be sitting on the other end going, "oh, fuck me. FUCK ME." Yuck. I am not a fan of this feeling at all. My insta-response is that I wish I could just ignore the whole messy situation, but that would be wrong. And also kind of how we got into this mess in the first place, i.e. silence is acceptance for the last 12 years.

SIGH.

Can I go back to being responsibility-free but keep the salary, pls? kthanks.

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watersword: Keira Knightley, in Pride and Prejudice (2007), turning her head away from the viewer, the word "elizabeth" written near (Default)
[personal profile] watersword wrote:
Jun. 20th, 2009 12:16 pm (UTC)
Yes. That. It is somewhat disconcerting, the first time being in charge is not fun.
[identity profile] ghfan-98.livejournal.com wrote:
Jun. 20th, 2009 09:47 am (UTC)
OMG, when did you get my job? Your email echos my situation. I couldn't agree with your last statement more.
[identity profile] toomuchplor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 04:33 am (UTC)
Haha... well, technically I've been doing certain aspects of this job for a few years now, but I've officially stepped into a leadership role as the only F/T employee which makes me feel like I should be setting some kind of example. Yeah. My sympathies on your job, too.
[identity profile] miznarrator.livejournal.com wrote:
Jun. 20th, 2009 10:30 am (UTC)
Is this about three practices and yr out or what have you?

*smishsmish*
[identity profile] toomuchplor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 04:34 am (UTC)
Nope, sadly it was a bit more serious than that, and involving some seriously inappropriate behaviour in a public venue.
[identity profile] teenygozer.livejournal.com wrote:
Jun. 20th, 2009 04:13 pm (UTC)
Frankly, I think that what you are feeling is what is going to make you a good leader. You won't, for instance, play mind games with anyone, as so many of my piss-poor superiors have done in the past.
[identity profile] toomuchplor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 04:35 am (UTC)
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Nope, I don't like playing games. I think I tend to be a bit too soft-hearted with our young'uns but I'm still probably about 20% tougher than most of our organization's board members (who are mostly moms, and perhaps a little too lenient with our kids as a result). *g*
[identity profile] issuesgrrrl.livejournal.com wrote:
Jun. 21st, 2009 10:29 am (UTC)
Ew. It's like being someone's mommy - including the ability to send 'em to their rooms for a time-out... Not your fault the previous management effed up on policing their own friggin' rules!

Break a leg. ;^)
[identity profile] toomuchplor.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 2nd, 2009 04:36 am (UTC)
Haha... except I'm sort of the "previous management" as I'm one of the ones who laid the rules in place that have now been broken. Still, situation resolved to my satisfaction, mostly, and I feel like a good precedent has hopefully been set!

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