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sorted an accident form out for him

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That's a management responsibility. Mind you finding a manager that can: 1. find an accident form and 2. fill one in, is a task in itself.

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Ted ACLSFBRIPN
My Blog: http://tedspics.wordpress.com/ Updated 27/8/07

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Not all managers are bad, only the ones that have lost the plot.

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Did someone mention a plot? Where can I find it?!

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It is my understanding that you get no additional pay for being the first aider and so by you resigning your commission you lose nothing and they will need to replace you as per H&S regs in the work place. This will mean that someone will need to be trained which will cost them money.

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It is my understanding that you get no additional pay for being the first aider and so by you resigning your commission you lose nothing and they will need to replace you as per H&S regs in the work place. This will mean that someone will need to be trained which will cost them money.

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When I worked in Canary Wharf I got paid to be a fire warden (about 16 quid per month) - and I think the first aiders got paid, too.

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Sweet!

I was Fire Marshall at my old job and got paid naff all for it. All i got was extra hassle

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In my last job I had similar sort of stupidity from my managers, and I found the best therapy for it is to make their lives as difficult as they make yours. It can be done with some innovative thinking.
Never refuse to work but you can work to rule. If they are being a stickler for the rules, you can just as easily do the same and they will soon find that sticking to the rules will not earn them as much money. e.g. Any time saving shortcuts you might take, don't do them, do it the long winded "correct" way, as "this is the way I was trained to do it!"

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In my last job I had similar sort of stupidity from my managers, and I found the best therapy for it is to make their lives as difficult as they make yours. It can be done with some innovative thinking.
Never refuse to work but you can work to rule. If they are being a stickler for the rules, you can just as easily do the same and they will soon find that sticking to the rules will not earn them as much money. e.g. Any time saving shortcuts you might take, don't do them, do it the long winded "correct" way, as "this is the way I was trained to do it!"

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Although two negatives make a positive in maths, they certainly don't in business. Yes, it might feel "therapeutic" to be stroppy, but it just speeds the spiral into personal unhappiness and commercial failure. (I put the word therapeutic in quotation marks because the word properly relates to curing or healing, not retaliating.)

I've just re-read, for the Nth time, "The One Minute Manager" and, as always, am impressed by its simple, common sense approach. As a manager, I've loaned/given away/had nicked many copies of this book and have made it a cornerstone of how I approach the role of manager. I'd suggest you read it, then let your manager know that you think the two of you aren't working well together, lend him/her the book and ask that you have a meeting after they've read it at which you'll work out a new way of cooperating together more happily and effectively.

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I agree, you can't manage people who don't respect you. However, the managers job is to enable you to do yours. You know how to do your job better than he does and he needs to make sure nothing gets in the way of your doing it to the best of your ability.

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