There was a guy I worked with we shall call Bob. He came in and applied for a supervisor position and they told him they like to promote within , which is mostly true. He had the attitude that he would become a supervisor within months and would tell everyone .
He turned down two positions to apply for because he didn’t want to work nights, but here a supervisor honestly takes the position and takes what’s offered, not necessarily what they want. Honestly our company lied to him somewhat into applying just because we need people.
A team lead position opened up for our assembly area and only three people out there names on it , usually a team lead position has over ten sign ups . I’m friends with an assembly team lead and he explained why no one wants it. None of the people qualified wants it either.
I need to put the emphasis on Team leads not necessarily being anyone’s boss. They have a tiny bit of pull but mostly they are an operator that has to answer for why production is a certain way. They can’t write you up or anything like that. They also wear the same work uniforms we all do. Supervisors will wear business casual attire.
Bob starts showing up to work dressed as a supervisor . I understand the quotation that you should dress for the job you want and not the one you have, but all he’s doing is getting his personal clothing nasty. It’s also technically breaking policy that he claims to follow so closely.
Next, a quality issue arises and his team tells him what policy is and how to do it, then he tells them “that may be their way, but we’re gonna do this my way.”
Then he yells at one of the operators and they flip back out on him and leaves . They talked to a supervisor above him and begged to go to a different crew, they let her.
Then he yells at a forklift driver, our forklift drivers are honestly underpaid and overworked as is. Bob ordered the wrong stuff, and the forklift driver brought out what was on his screen. The forklift drivers supervisor reports Bob for bullying him.
What’s worse is as a team lead, if they are short staffed then you have to fill the spot. He makes excuses why he cant and will try to sit in “his office.” It’s making those employees do more work.
Several of them have now reported him, some are requesting to go to different schedules. And a lot of them are working “extra slow” because they aren’t happy with him. They all don’t want him as a team lead anymore and are making it known.