So Im not normally one to complain about work. Its corporate America, Ive been in the workforce for 12ish years now and its pretty much the same everywhere, but this one hurt. It was such a slap in the face and I...dont want to do anything. I have to struggle to get out of bed. I slept for 13 hours the other day. Got home at 5:30 was in bed at 6:30 and then barely got out of bed at 10 after 8. Was 5 minutes late for work.
So the story is, about a month ago they hired a dude through their temp service. They were looking for a technician, and went that way so they could get rid of him easily if he wasnt up to snuff.
He's a good dude, and probably can be trained to do what they want, but hes not knowledgeable. As an example, he didnt know what a choke switch was for on a aerial lift. He kept trying to use it like the glowplug on a diesel. Our Tech II had to show him how to start the machine.
Thats enough badmouthing him; hes not the target of my ire.
Last week I learned they hired him. I asked him, and he volunteered happily that they hired him as a Tech II. I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. Im only a Tech I.
I started out as a Equipment Associate, washing equipment for 6 months straight with recycled wash water that smelled like sewage. I didnt complain. Then I took over staging, running my tail off to get equipment ready for pickup or delivery sometimes at a moments notice.
I knew I was above that stuff, but my resume doesnt show any technical stuff, so I worked to prove myself technically competent while doing everything else asked of me.
Since Mid 17 Ive been Primary ESR tech. ESRs being equipment that has returned from a rental and needs to be inspected before being made available for rent again. I gave every machine a through comb though, and I think I find much more stuff than the average person, being that every time I get a piece of 'available' equipment from another of our stores I find at least one thing than needs fixed.
To prove my worth, Ive even brought in my personal laptop, that I loaded a copy of Windows XP 32bit into Virtualbox so I could program a required safety update into a piece of equipment. The company issued laptops run Win 7 64bit and my boss could not get the programming software to load on it. Hes not technically savvy enough to set up a VM, nor are any of the other techs. The equipment had been down for several weeks and after about an hour I had it figured out and got the update programmed into the machine. This was about a $250k piece of kit that wasnt making us money until I stepped in.
With all that Ive done, going above an beyond my paygrade, I thought for sure that whoever they hired would be brought in as a Associate or a Tech 1 so I could then be bumped to Tech II.
So I went and finally asked my boss about it. It was obvious I wasnt supposed to know about it, judging from the eyeroll. But then he tells me they hired him as a II so they could have a 3rd tech to send out on service calls in a truck. He tells me I wasnt qualified because my driving record is classified as a 'Medium Risk' from speeding tickets. Heres the thing. The last one drops off TODAY, 4/6/18. As of right now I have a CLEAN 3 year record. It was literally like 2 weeks if they couldve waited.
So now they have this super under qualified guy they are theoretically going to send on service calls? For real? Its embarrassing. There is a huge risk some rando customer he goes to at some point will know more than he does. Its also bad for him, 'cause they are gonna want something from him that...hes not capable of and is gonna struggle at. Its such a bad decision on so many levels its absolutely mind boggling.
I just want to sleep. I dont want to do anything. I get to work late and I have absolutely no energy. I barely look at the machines I ESR. I really want to quit, but I dont have the energy to find another job. At least with "Service Technician I" on my resume I dont have to start at the bottom again, so I guess I have that going for me. But still...its just a lot of effort. That I dont feel like putting in. Thing is because of my lateness I will probably eventually get canned for it. Ill get written up and care less and it will snowball. I already know how its going to go. I almost might as well quit now. At least it would be on a semi good note with them instead of "Hes 2 hours late every day"
If you read to here. Thanks. You didnt have to. I just wanted to vent publicly and maybe someone has some advice.
So the story is, about a month ago they hired a dude through their temp service. They were looking for a technician, and went that way so they could get rid of him easily if he wasnt up to snuff.
He's a good dude, and probably can be trained to do what they want, but hes not knowledgeable. As an example, he didnt know what a choke switch was for on a aerial lift. He kept trying to use it like the glowplug on a diesel. Our Tech II had to show him how to start the machine.
Thats enough badmouthing him; hes not the target of my ire.
Last week I learned they hired him. I asked him, and he volunteered happily that they hired him as a Tech II. I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. Im only a Tech I.
I started out as a Equipment Associate, washing equipment for 6 months straight with recycled wash water that smelled like sewage. I didnt complain. Then I took over staging, running my tail off to get equipment ready for pickup or delivery sometimes at a moments notice.
I knew I was above that stuff, but my resume doesnt show any technical stuff, so I worked to prove myself technically competent while doing everything else asked of me.
Since Mid 17 Ive been Primary ESR tech. ESRs being equipment that has returned from a rental and needs to be inspected before being made available for rent again. I gave every machine a through comb though, and I think I find much more stuff than the average person, being that every time I get a piece of 'available' equipment from another of our stores I find at least one thing than needs fixed.
To prove my worth, Ive even brought in my personal laptop, that I loaded a copy of Windows XP 32bit into Virtualbox so I could program a required safety update into a piece of equipment. The company issued laptops run Win 7 64bit and my boss could not get the programming software to load on it. Hes not technically savvy enough to set up a VM, nor are any of the other techs. The equipment had been down for several weeks and after about an hour I had it figured out and got the update programmed into the machine. This was about a $250k piece of kit that wasnt making us money until I stepped in.
With all that Ive done, going above an beyond my paygrade, I thought for sure that whoever they hired would be brought in as a Associate or a Tech 1 so I could then be bumped to Tech II.
So I went and finally asked my boss about it. It was obvious I wasnt supposed to know about it, judging from the eyeroll. But then he tells me they hired him as a II so they could have a 3rd tech to send out on service calls in a truck. He tells me I wasnt qualified because my driving record is classified as a 'Medium Risk' from speeding tickets. Heres the thing. The last one drops off TODAY, 4/6/18. As of right now I have a CLEAN 3 year record. It was literally like 2 weeks if they couldve waited.
So now they have this super under qualified guy they are theoretically going to send on service calls? For real? Its embarrassing. There is a huge risk some rando customer he goes to at some point will know more than he does. Its also bad for him, 'cause they are gonna want something from him that...hes not capable of and is gonna struggle at. Its such a bad decision on so many levels its absolutely mind boggling.
I just want to sleep. I dont want to do anything. I get to work late and I have absolutely no energy. I barely look at the machines I ESR. I really want to quit, but I dont have the energy to find another job. At least with "Service Technician I" on my resume I dont have to start at the bottom again, so I guess I have that going for me. But still...its just a lot of effort. That I dont feel like putting in. Thing is because of my lateness I will probably eventually get canned for it. Ill get written up and care less and it will snowball. I already know how its going to go. I almost might as well quit now. At least it would be on a semi good note with them instead of "Hes 2 hours late every day"
If you read to here. Thanks. You didnt have to. I just wanted to vent publicly and maybe someone has some advice.