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Former Coworker married to current coworker complains about boss
Kinda complex if you're not there.
My security company is contracted with business A. Former coworker 1 used to work for the company and now works with business A. Her husband works for the company and recently became a supervisor with business A. She works at business A site 1, he works at business A site 2 down the road. He's in charge of payroll, scheduling, training, etc. There have been changes/improvements at site 2, thus he as a supervisor has more responsibility. The officers under him, though, are griping about the changes because it means more work for them (this is a very QUIET site, they hardly have anything to do as it is!)
Former coworker sat in our office at site 1 while on her break and bitched about how her husband has to work so much, he can't get weekends off and it's not fair because she can't always be watching the kids, the officers under him are giving him a hard time and why should he have to deal with it when they're rules that Bosses 1 and 2 made (No, the rules came from corporate and it's up to bosses 2 and 2 to make sure the supervisors enforce them at their sites), they push her husband too hard, blah blah blah. She even complained how it was 'creepy' that when her husband couldn't make it into work due to his car being plowed in that boss 1 offered to go get him. I told her he often offers to pick people up because he's on a main road and lives near most of us, and it keeps the rest of us from having to work doubles because someone couldn't make it in! She still complained it was creepy. She complained that her husband has to come up with all this training for a new (I'll admit, slightly stupid) policy, and that shouldn't be HIS responsibility! (It's his site, so the bosses asked him to work up a training plan that he thought would work; they'd most likely go over it after he did it and make sure it worked, then submit it for approval. They give lots of us tasks like this so eventually we are prepared for lead/supervisor roles; they're big on people moving up in the company).
Now, I don't know if her husband, my coworker, is actually having a hard time and is frustrated, or if she is upset that he has to work so much now (BTW, she admitted to calling off work to go to a dog show, not caring about who would have to cover for her, which shows a bit of her work ethic). I didn't really appreciate her badmouthing our own bosses at their own site, so I let them know the discussion she'd had with us (within earshot of any employee walking by as well). I feel badly because I was/am friends with her, but I don't know if her husband would appreciate it, or if he even knew about it, and I'm defending my bosses because they have little control of site 2 now; he's the supervisor and they are the go-between between him and corporate pretty much. I'll admit he might be under stress because the company managers at site 2 are not as approachable as those at site 1, and he is new to being a supervisor. I feel like a tattle tale, but thought if they knew then they could see if coworker is really having a tough time and needs more help, or if she's just bitching because she's unhappy.
My security company is contracted with business A. Former coworker 1 used to work for the company and now works with business A. Her husband works for the company and recently became a supervisor with business A. She works at business A site 1, he works at business A site 2 down the road. He's in charge of payroll, scheduling, training, etc. There have been changes/improvements at site 2, thus he as a supervisor has more responsibility. The officers under him, though, are griping about the changes because it means more work for them (this is a very QUIET site, they hardly have anything to do as it is!)
Former coworker sat in our office at site 1 while on her break and bitched about how her husband has to work so much, he can't get weekends off and it's not fair because she can't always be watching the kids, the officers under him are giving him a hard time and why should he have to deal with it when they're rules that Bosses 1 and 2 made (No, the rules came from corporate and it's up to bosses 2 and 2 to make sure the supervisors enforce them at their sites), they push her husband too hard, blah blah blah. She even complained how it was 'creepy' that when her husband couldn't make it into work due to his car being plowed in that boss 1 offered to go get him. I told her he often offers to pick people up because he's on a main road and lives near most of us, and it keeps the rest of us from having to work doubles because someone couldn't make it in! She still complained it was creepy. She complained that her husband has to come up with all this training for a new (I'll admit, slightly stupid) policy, and that shouldn't be HIS responsibility! (It's his site, so the bosses asked him to work up a training plan that he thought would work; they'd most likely go over it after he did it and make sure it worked, then submit it for approval. They give lots of us tasks like this so eventually we are prepared for lead/supervisor roles; they're big on people moving up in the company).
Now, I don't know if her husband, my coworker, is actually having a hard time and is frustrated, or if she is upset that he has to work so much now (BTW, she admitted to calling off work to go to a dog show, not caring about who would have to cover for her, which shows a bit of her work ethic). I didn't really appreciate her badmouthing our own bosses at their own site, so I let them know the discussion she'd had with us (within earshot of any employee walking by as well). I feel badly because I was/am friends with her, but I don't know if her husband would appreciate it, or if he even knew about it, and I'm defending my bosses because they have little control of site 2 now; he's the supervisor and they are the go-between between him and corporate pretty much. I'll admit he might be under stress because the company managers at site 2 are not as approachable as those at site 1, and he is new to being a supervisor. I feel like a tattle tale, but thought if they knew then they could see if coworker is really having a tough time and needs more help, or if she's just bitching because she's unhappy.
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