Whose skid is this?
My son, 25, is a project engineer and has an intern working for him and he is a slacker. Doesn't turn work in on time, turns in incomplete projects, ignores requests from superiors. Turns out this kid's dad got him the job and the kid's dad is 'someone important' my son says.
They are now working from home and it is Wednesday and my son can see that the kid hasn't even opened the file he is supposed to be working on since last Friday. My son says he lies about doing things he hasn't done and he is just a compulsive liar all around. I bet he has a step mom who is so proud!
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The manager is in another
The manager is in another state so my son is not his manager but has to pick up some slack. Now that everyone is working from home the other manager is noticing how cruddy of an employee they have on their hands because my son is not picking up as much slack and the manager is wondering how to get rid of this kid without hurting th relationshop with the kid's dad. He wants to talk to my son's boss who is the son of the owner of the company. So the pot has been stirred. The kid will probably just get let go and then collect unemployment which is what he probably would prefer.
Just kidin about the skid thing
I was an office manager for a
I was an office manager for a group and we brought in a lot of new young professionals. Some of them were great, they came in ready to work and I hardly ever heard from them. The rest needed their hand held, their egos stroked and they treated the work place like it was their college rec area. These were young adults ranging from 24-28. It amazed me how much the managers had to coddle them and stroke them and build them up to feel good about themselves so that they would feel secure enough to work.
is he a PAID intern? or is
is he a PAID intern? or is he collecting UB whilst "interning?"
He is paid. Interns make
He is paid. Interns make about $20/hr. My son has been working there a year he is salary but it a averages $25/hr. He was supposed to have his review, bonus and raise in March but COVID has delayed that.
Funny and true story. I'm
Funny and true story. I'm senior staff at a university--and my job title leaves no question that I am top level management. I had occasion to attend a meeting and I took some of my group with me, including a newish employee. We were meeting at the project site, about an hour away.
Employee shows up at the car, with a blanket, calls dibs on the back seat, proceeds to wrap herself up in her blankie and take a nap. She said exactly zero during the drive or at the meeting. On the drive back, same thing, only at one point she woke up and told me to drive through the McDonalds because she was hungry. I bought everyone in the car a damn cheeseburger. New employee grunted her thanks, everybody else tried to hand me money for their snack (which I didn't take).
It will not surprise you that new employee no longer works with us because, well, we treated her badly and we expected her to meet deadlines and produce accurate work.
This is not a generational bash. The other employees her age are freakin' superstars.