Arc weld
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There's some people that have been in the welding industry a long time on here and others that have worked in sales. I'm curious how you would deal with this situation.
The welding supply I work at has 3 inside sales persons. One of them recently quit leaving the supervisor and myself to tend the counter/phone. The guy that left was fantastic and was offered a job where he used to work. He didn't have much faith in the upper management and that was a big reason he left. I get along great with the inside sales supervisor. He's been in the industry since 1970 but unfortunately they don't utilize all his experience. The sales manager hired back a girl that had left. The reason I got the job. The majority of the other workers didn't want this girl back but she is a of pet of the sales manager. He's knowledgeable but sometimes I can tell he's speaking out the side of his mouth. Anyway this girl is bossy, loud and tries to find fault in others to make herself look better. Just don't point out her mistakes or she gets a hissy fit. She'll print an e-mail order and then hand it to me to process or question orders I put through. I can print the order myself if I'm caught up with my other orders. She acts like she is second in command but according the my supervisor, she is the low person on the totem poll and lost her seniority when she left. I asked him and he see's exactly what I'm talking about.
The company apparently no longer gives gifts at Christmas because of her actions. She was in charge of getting gifts up to about $100 for all the employee's. Names were picked from a hat and you had the choice to take that gift or swap with someone else. She held the hat everyone picked from. Amazingly she was also the last person to pick their name out of the hat! Everyone was happy with their gift and no one swapped their gift for someone else's... except her. One of the guys picked an I-pad or something like that, that was clearly over $100 and she of course swapped for that. Needless to say that didn't go over well but the guy held his ground and she threw the thing back at him calling him a big baby. Another employee also told me the story and it was pretty clear she bought the I-pad for herself and rigged it so she would get it. This is the type of person she is. How do deal with a person like this? My supervisor says she doesn't have people skills and he wouldn't have hired her back but it wasn't decision.
The welding supply I work at has 3 inside sales persons. One of them recently quit leaving the supervisor and myself to tend the counter/phone. The guy that left was fantastic and was offered a job where he used to work. He didn't have much faith in the upper management and that was a big reason he left. I get along great with the inside sales supervisor. He's been in the industry since 1970 but unfortunately they don't utilize all his experience. The sales manager hired back a girl that had left. The reason I got the job. The majority of the other workers didn't want this girl back but she is a of pet of the sales manager. He's knowledgeable but sometimes I can tell he's speaking out the side of his mouth. Anyway this girl is bossy, loud and tries to find fault in others to make herself look better. Just don't point out her mistakes or she gets a hissy fit. She'll print an e-mail order and then hand it to me to process or question orders I put through. I can print the order myself if I'm caught up with my other orders. She acts like she is second in command but according the my supervisor, she is the low person on the totem poll and lost her seniority when she left. I asked him and he see's exactly what I'm talking about.
The company apparently no longer gives gifts at Christmas because of her actions. She was in charge of getting gifts up to about $100 for all the employee's. Names were picked from a hat and you had the choice to take that gift or swap with someone else. She held the hat everyone picked from. Amazingly she was also the last person to pick their name out of the hat! Everyone was happy with their gift and no one swapped their gift for someone else's... except her. One of the guys picked an I-pad or something like that, that was clearly over $100 and she of course swapped for that. Needless to say that didn't go over well but the guy held his ground and she threw the thing back at him calling him a big baby. Another employee also told me the story and it was pretty clear she bought the I-pad for herself and rigged it so she would get it. This is the type of person she is. How do deal with a person like this? My supervisor says she doesn't have people skills and he wouldn't have hired her back but it wasn't decision.
