Long Week
It’s been an ugly week and I’m glad it’s almost over. From dealing with less than intelligent people at work, to family members sticking their noses where they don’t belong – I just want it to be over. Unfortunately, it is looking like a long weekend too. Whatever. I’m beginning to just not care anymore.Next week I have a trainee in tow from Monday to Friday. He is going to be taking my place and I have been asked to show him around and squeeze in as much training as I can. Just another indication that my boss really doesn’t have a clue what I do. In a week’s time, I’ll will just barely be able to get my trainee to all of the locations I visit to meet the principal players and locate the network closets. Training? Hehee… good luck. I was going to take the time to create a little ‘how to’ manual so he isn’t caught off-guard when the boss sets him adrift in the sea of ignorance that has enveloped the department. Instead, I’ll just jot down a few key things and let him fend for himself. Who knows? By doing it that way, he may wind up implementing some good ideas and making some improvements. What can I say? Go for it.
There were a couple of things I did grapple with while considering what items to cover in ‘training’. Specifically, there are two areas in which I brought expertise to the job when I started and never received any further training while working in the position. I have been asked to “bring [my replacement] up to speed” in these areas. No, I don’t think I’m going to do that. Why should I? My replacement has no experience in the area whatsoever so I would have to train him from scratch. I was never trained by this company… why should I train my replacement? I don’t think I should, and I’m not going to. I took the time to learn and train on my own. I’m not going to give them the gift of training the next guy for free. Sorry, dude.
I sort of feel sorry for the guy that is replacing me. I count him among friends and recommended him to the position. I also warned him of the real reasons I was leaving and informed him that there is a total of three people that currently work for the Dark Prince of my department and of those people, there are three people that are looking for work elsewhere. His enthusiasm is admirable though and he is coming on board with eyes wide open, hoping for a nice enhancement for his resume. I wish him the best of luck and will do my best to bring him up to speed the best I can with the items I was taught on the job. I’ll let you know how it goes.
posted by Bonzai @ 6:09 PM
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