She's GONE!

[Dreamstalker]

S is no longer with us.

She was there working yesterday when I stopped in quickly to grab some steaks and other noms, so whatever happened had to have gone down after 2PM. I heard from another CW who was there yesterday that it wasn't pleasant; apparently as S stormed out she broke a bunch of product. I wouldn't be surprised if they banned her from the premises.

Apparently S claimed that J was following her around and 'harassing' her (he did give her a 'come to Jesus' talk in the back hall on Thursday, the only thing I overheard was "this isn't a personal thing, but it is an insurance concern for us"...many things that could refer to). The last few months she'd been playing fast and loose with some rules--coming in late and leaving early without telling anyone, unauthorized overtime, the writing shit on boxes, wasting downtime, etc. IMO a supervisor is supposed to set an example for the rest of the team, and she was setting a pretty bad one.

Yeah it kinda sucks losing someone as our team is too small as is, but we didn't need someone that toxic. More hours for the rest of the team to pick up, right now it's myself and one other person for full-time.

I'm going to ask J on Monday if he thinks I can cut it as a supervisor...seems like I'm already unofficially doing some of the duties anyway.

[RealUnimportant]

As soon as I saw the title & your name, I knew it had to be S. So happy for you, the short-term hassle covering will surely be worth it! After all, it sounds like she never really accomplished much anyway so it shouldn't be much extra work

[Pixelated]

Yay! Sounds as if she finally did something that turned into the straw that broke the camel's back.

If she broke product on the way out, she should be charged, not just banned from the premises. Although it's possible management may simply be so happy to see her gone that they don't want any more contact with her.

[Dreamstalker]

They'll probably bring in another supervisory type or they're trying to figure out who if anyone would be a good fit. I'd be happy if N wanted to take the job; she's very good people. I'm not sure I'd want the supervisory position given that a potential cross-department shuffle (the company IT guy expressed interest in training me to fix issues on the floor) is still in play. I can manage people but my method of dealing with irrational customers is...probably not what the company wants

I wish I had the full story, I do suspect that J was watching her for awhile.

[MoonCat]

Wait, the dipshit who was writing stuff on boxes was a SUPERVISOR?

Talk about immature. Good riddance.

[little_miss_springfield]

When's the party? I'll supply the popcorn and soda


Seriously, you're better off without her. People like S, supervisor on not, just create a bad atmosphere and make extra work for everybody else because the good workers have to pick up the slack for them.

[taxguykarl]

This S?!
If so, I would seem that S did so little that picking up up her duties would border on a formality.

[Dreamstalker]

Yes, that S. Given the timing, I have a feeling that incident was the final straw and J coincided the decision with her six-month review anyway so she couldn't claim they fired her for no reason.

[Shyla]

It has to be more than wasting time if insurance was mentioned. Maybe the weiting on boxes, maybe something much worse. But hooray! She's gone!

[Minflick]

Stacking things improperly would be a huge liability and insurance issue!

[taxguykarl]

....J coincided the decision with her six-month review anyway so she couldn't claim they fired her for no reason.

Ah yes, dot the I's and cross the T's to make a lawsuit more problematic.

[Nunavut Pants]

Wrong sentiment, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW_sVXsRFOs#t=56s

[Dreamstalker]

We think she was responsible for a lot of the clusterfuck stacking of product in the warehouse. A couple of us nearly got seriously hurt a few times and three cases of very fragile product had to be damaged out (nearly $200 retail) due to falling from the second rack last week and I know for a fact S backstocked those..so I suspect she was responsible for a lot of damages. I also learned she was sticking "Thank You" stickers on said items in the bin willy-nilly, so it was hard to know what had really been processed out (we can only take damaged product once J has verified they've been written off; doing so before he has given permission is obviously theft).

I daresay things have been running much, much smoother (for one, the organization system in the warehouse is finally sticking and product is getting on the floor much faster) and I know A is happy to see her gone.

[Shyla]

Injuring your coworkers is often frowned upon.

[Dreamstalker]

Indeed.

The warehouse is staying organized (A is actually able to do some cleaning in there) and my manager has pointed out that as a whole we're now killing it with floor coverage...I think he realizes that S was an overall bad influence (people killed time wandering because there was nothing to do because she was poaching customers/doing everyone's jobs) but doesn't want to say it in quite those terms. I did something that I hadn't been able to do since she got hired--attack the entire grocery area with the duster with the only interruptions being customers and that looks and feels damn good