Zoe Girl
10-25-17, 11:20pm
Today, you have GOT to be f-ing kidding me. My job coach in calling in a few minutes so I will be brief and have support. I also called a colleague who shares the supervisor and met her and her staff at happy hour. I love all her staff, so I am in a good mood overall but my brain is twisted in knots.
I am currently hiring a great staff that is also a parent at another school. I have talked it through with the new staff and she is okay with the hours and with leaving at 5:30 to pick up her son. She just scheduled her fingerprints on Monday so I am almost ready to call my families off the wait list. Meanwhile my problem staff today told me she was going to quit in the middle of my busiest time of the day because of a schedule misunderstanding that she didn't like how I handled.. We talked later, she is not quitting and I told her to never try to do that during my busiest time of the program when I am responsible for up to 65 children. So getting this new staff started means that I can coach the issue staff out. (I think she was surprised when I did not react when she told me she was quitting, I just said okay).
My friend who runs the other school called me late today. She said our supervisor called the new hire and is sending her to the other school. I have had many conversations with him about this, I basically told him my program cannot go any longer short staffed. I am doing all the hiring work and if I get another staff I would be happy to send the new hire to the other school where her son attends but right now I cannot do that. He has been telling my friend since last week that I know the staff is going to her school, which is NOT true.
So I am writing in my journal to try and separate out my own personal issues from this work one so I can follow up. I am working out if I want to call him or his supervisor directly tomorrow. I want another person at this conversation since there so much misunderstandings.
I am currently hiring a great staff that is also a parent at another school. I have talked it through with the new staff and she is okay with the hours and with leaving at 5:30 to pick up her son. She just scheduled her fingerprints on Monday so I am almost ready to call my families off the wait list. Meanwhile my problem staff today told me she was going to quit in the middle of my busiest time of the day because of a schedule misunderstanding that she didn't like how I handled.. We talked later, she is not quitting and I told her to never try to do that during my busiest time of the program when I am responsible for up to 65 children. So getting this new staff started means that I can coach the issue staff out. (I think she was surprised when I did not react when she told me she was quitting, I just said okay).
My friend who runs the other school called me late today. She said our supervisor called the new hire and is sending her to the other school. I have had many conversations with him about this, I basically told him my program cannot go any longer short staffed. I am doing all the hiring work and if I get another staff I would be happy to send the new hire to the other school where her son attends but right now I cannot do that. He has been telling my friend since last week that I know the staff is going to her school, which is NOT true.
So I am writing in my journal to try and separate out my own personal issues from this work one so I can follow up. I am working out if I want to call him or his supervisor directly tomorrow. I want another person at this conversation since there so much misunderstandings.