Fresh Start (was: OG From Hell)
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:39 am
Some of you may have noticed that the OG From Hell thread stopped rather abruptly. Some may even have noticed that it was locked. Sorry.
It seems one of us thought it funny enough to print and bring to work. Yup, you guessed it, it landed on the desk of the training manager who promptly went even *more* ballistic.
Of course, being as posting here was done off-property and off-clock, there wasn't a thing he could do about it -- officially -- which ticked him off even more.
Finally, the same week I was made a union shop steward, which put even more pressure on the situation. Clearly, things were overdue to blow up, and blow they did.
My area manager couldn't reprimand, force transfer, or fire me. What he did instead was to eliminate one of my two roles. That's right, Main Street no longer has a Show Quality program!
So now I faced three challenges:
1. A new OG that management acknowledged was defective. I had submitted a 14-page list of problems with it, including five I considered safety hazards.
2. A GSM who wanted me fired in the worst way, with a history of no-call/no-show meetings, and with a habit of badmouthing folks behind their backs.
3. An area manager who would rather cripple an important program than tolerate me. He even sent a message through another GSM that I was, "No longer welcome in Main Street!" :dropmouth
One of these I could have handled. Two of these I could probably have handled with the backing of my Union. Three of these... well, when the handwriting on the wall is being done with a chainsaw....
Long story short, after a 20-minute audition, a two-day wait, and a 30-minute audition, I'm now a WDW hotel concierge, and shouldn't have to go back to Main Street again except as a guest.
I'll be a bit scarce around here for the next month as a result, since training is done full-time. (I'm CR.) Don't take it personally.
I'm already feeling much better about the situation, despite having to leave my much-loved trains and the great cast I've spent the past seven years working with there. :locomotiv
I've got a batch of new skills to learn, a chance to use my knowledge of the resort... and air conditioning all summer!
Oh, and if a certain GSM is reading this, let me say only :waves:
It seems one of us thought it funny enough to print and bring to work. Yup, you guessed it, it landed on the desk of the training manager who promptly went even *more* ballistic.
Of course, being as posting here was done off-property and off-clock, there wasn't a thing he could do about it -- officially -- which ticked him off even more.
Finally, the same week I was made a union shop steward, which put even more pressure on the situation. Clearly, things were overdue to blow up, and blow they did.
My area manager couldn't reprimand, force transfer, or fire me. What he did instead was to eliminate one of my two roles. That's right, Main Street no longer has a Show Quality program!
So now I faced three challenges:
1. A new OG that management acknowledged was defective. I had submitted a 14-page list of problems with it, including five I considered safety hazards.
2. A GSM who wanted me fired in the worst way, with a history of no-call/no-show meetings, and with a habit of badmouthing folks behind their backs.
3. An area manager who would rather cripple an important program than tolerate me. He even sent a message through another GSM that I was, "No longer welcome in Main Street!" :dropmouth
One of these I could have handled. Two of these I could probably have handled with the backing of my Union. Three of these... well, when the handwriting on the wall is being done with a chainsaw....
Long story short, after a 20-minute audition, a two-day wait, and a 30-minute audition, I'm now a WDW hotel concierge, and shouldn't have to go back to Main Street again except as a guest.
I'll be a bit scarce around here for the next month as a result, since training is done full-time. (I'm CR.) Don't take it personally.
I'm already feeling much better about the situation, despite having to leave my much-loved trains and the great cast I've spent the past seven years working with there. :locomotiv
I've got a batch of new skills to learn, a chance to use my knowledge of the resort... and air conditioning all summer!
Oh, and if a certain GSM is reading this, let me say only :waves: