I won't explain too much because my job is pretty niche and I don't want to get doxxed, but I've been promoted to "manager" recently. It's not the kind of manager you're probably thinking of like you'd see at fast food or retail places, I don't determine anyone's hours or pay or anything like that, but I am in charge of assigning work to the people under me and training new employees. The problem is I have to balance the work I do myself and the work I assign to other people. If I keep too much for myself then my bosses wonder why they keep the others around and they fire the peons and I get stuck with all the work. If I assign too much to the people below me then they wonder why I'm even around and I get put at risk of being fired. Obviously I want to keep my job because I have bills and shit but I also don't want to be the person who sits around all day and bosses the people who actually do the work around. I'm kind of just looking for advice.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    My opinion as a shitposter; if you can't hire or fire people you're not really a manager. You're a supervisor or team lead or something. Are they switching you from hourly to salary? Sometime's the make people a "manager" bc they can use that to put you on a salary that's lower than your hourly would be.

    • NewAcctWhoDis [any]
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      1 year ago

      To my understanding this is also the IWW position, for what it's worth.

      • SoylentSnake [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        HR people are generally not allowed in unions for this reason, and I believe it's the IWW policy re: HR ppl as well IIRC?

        Edit: does ACAB include HR b/c they r basically Office Cops?