Wibta?
I work in a factory that produces mainly aerosol. Right now, they have me run a non-aerosol line, and I have to be accompanied by a temp. One of the biggest problems with working with temps is that they typically don’t speak fluent English. This machine is a literal Frankenstein that constantly breaks down. I only received four days of training with two separate trainers… both sessions were months apart from one another. The last time I ran this machine, the temp was moving slower than molasses, wouldn’t watch the caps, and wouldn’t stack the skid right, even though I set the first layer since it’s a weird pattern. This temp has been here for months.
They put me on the dirtiest machine we have the day before my surgery. I couldn’t even clean it properly since I ran out of time because the temp couldn’t figure out how to stack and wrap the skid. I also had to keep looking over my shoulder because the cap machine always has problems, and the temp wouldn’t stop it or even tell me when they weren’t going on.
I’m running this on my own with one temp. I’m really just tempted to say that I’m not going to run this machine again despite no one else being able to run it. This isn’t the first time that “training” was just showing someone how to do a thing and then ask questions if you need help. Plus, these temps are ungodly slow and can’t figure out the basics, either because of a language barrier or shear lack of care and common sense. Would I be the a*hole for telling my employer that I’m not going to run that machine?