It has been a very interesting past
few weeks at work. I work at a place where everyone tries to be the boss and
win over the director by telling on everyone else. I work as a Pre-K teacher,
and I do just that. I come in go to my room; do not come out until lunch time,
not even to use the bathroom. A few weeks ago one of our part time workers went
and tried to get her son into another center and the news got back to the
director. The director got the separation papers together and then had a bright
idea to promote this individual to a supervisor to make sure we are doing the
right thing. The problem with that is, she has no education in the field, and
only was working 10 hours a week so didn’t have much insight on how things was
to handled. So we all have been having some disagreements with her, because she
have been telling us the wrong information and then the director is coming to
us wanting to know why we are doing something.
I feel like she should have given that position to someone who has some
background in the field.
On Friday my co-worker and I had a busy day. We were
overseeing 46 kids with no help, very much over ratio. The new supervisor was
sent into room to help for about 15 minutes. She came back in the room a little
later and tried to write us up because we left the radio out. My co-worker
started explaining to her that we just got into the room and it was left out
from yesterday and she started smiling saying it was still our responsibility
to put it up and she was writing us up. My response was do what you have to do
but on that write up make sure that you include that you was also in the room
this morning and missed it too. She was so mad, because I was right even if I
was wrong for talking back.
I could have handled that so much better with different strategies.
I think the fact that I am not a big fan of her is playing a role in how I
respond to her. I could have tried the escapist strategy, which would have
eliminated the direct conflict that occurred between us. I could have just said
okay and waited to see if she brings the write-up, instead of letting know how
I felt. I could have tried to compromise with her and see if she would listen.
I could have also simply just smiled, that way it doesn’t offend anyone or let
her know my true feelings.
Hi Kelisha
ReplyDeleteI understand the situation you are in and that sometime we have to deal with these difficult people. I work in a very similiar environment, I go to work, speak and do my job. I treat people the way I would like to be treated and I do not like conflict, but sometimes it is hard to do. I hope everything gets better for you. Thanks for sharing your post.