Pigs in Heaven: Poor thing...

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Poor thing...

Sometimes do people wonder why they got themselves the job they are doing? Do one over-estimate one's capabilities to even find a full time job that is totally not within your field? How is one going to cope with the massive amounts of information that has to be processed and cramped into that brain?

Sometimes in my job, one has got to train newbies for a week or so about the processes that may be similar techniques used but a different way of approach. Nope I'm not the one doing it. My colleague is.

This newbie to what I heard studies husbandry previously. Has a masters degree in it. To define husbandry... like how to rear cow and chicken and stuff with the easiest and most efficient way to get the best produce. I think.

She has absolutely no idea what is going on and is pissing the hell out of my colleague who could not tolerate and pass the training back to my boss, my boss then left for conference and pass this baton back to the same colleague. She is like a ball that is passed around and it does not get to me coz she is not employed under my project. *Phew.. lucky for me*

That is the background of what I'm about to say.

I know it will drive one absolutely bonkers when you try to explain someone who is obviously much older than you, and thinks whatever you are saying about a fixed protocol is somewhat inaccurate due to age, but what one should not engage is personal attacks towards the other party's intellect or even experience. It is an absolute successful attempt to hurt someone to make claims like " I think you experience is over ruled" or things like " this is like the millionth time that I have explained it, it's so easy to understand, how can you not understand!?" and other hurtful comments that are so painful to bear. Sometimes I feel that the comments being made are like trying to find a piece of bone in an egg. But it's funny coz this bone is awfully easy to find. I saw her tearing and sniffing away and I empathise with her, poor poor girl.
She was employed by my boss coz her husband is apparently my boss's uni friend or something like that. In short employment through relations.

I'm not claiming that I do not go bonkers if I am the 'trainer' but I do not practise engaging in personal attacks especially when the newbie is totally new to the field and has experience doing laboratory work like perhaps 10 years ago?! It's almost like saying "why are you so stupid!! Never use brain is it!! or you never bring to work!?"

Rather, at the start, I will approach it in a nicer way by spending some time explaining everything and giving her a copy of the S.O.P, where she can ask me anything that is not already explained or written in it. I mean not stupid questions that one ask without even thinking. Then at least you won't be so pissed and say words that are so hurtful and you can take back. Right?

Anyways, I'm just blabbering. It's not my problem to deal with. Both my colleague and me are predicting whether she will leave given this kind of terrible treatment or will she be fired coz of her mistakes which tend to be big as you have to waste all materials used and redo everything. At the end, both of us think that it's both my boss and this newbie's fault in failure to gauge one's capability with the task given ahead.

posted by Oink @ 8/23/2007 12:42:00 PM

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