I am always blown away by the complete disrespect people can show towards their jobs. I have lived my life respectfully and cautiously doing my best to appease my roles and responsibilities, while others have a flagrant disregard for their expectations.
The team I manage are absolutely the most wonderful, organized and enthusiastic young women and men. They care about their jobs and strive to perform their best by providing new innovation into the expected duties. They each supervise a team of about 5-10 ASU tutors that provide the one-on-one tutoring for the children we serve. It always amazing the complete disrespect that my supervisory team occasionally receives from the tutors.
It is because the managing staff are viewed as as peers and not supervisors that have put in their time and earned their position. I wish each tutor could see how much work and dedication each supervisor puts in to this job. They work long hours knowing that overtime is not in their job description. They revamp the entire community center with colorful, artistic, and functional systems of education. They meet me at 8am or 7pm to discuss pressing issues. They trouble shoot when kids don't show up to tutoring or when the bus breaks down. And they put up with disrespect from tutors who do not honor their work hours, don't fulfill their planning duties, and ultimately let down a kid.
If anybody is looking to hire some young students, I have quite a good word to put in for my supervisory staff.
I'm assuming some of these tutors will be supervisors one day too, so they'll learn; there's nothing quite like experience to teach a life lesson.
ReplyDeleteYou are right that the line between supervisor and peer is not apparent. Because they see you as a student as well they will push the boundaries. I would recommend you be up front and make your expectations clear. They might just need to be told.
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