I love my boss....

Yes, you read that right. I am one of those people that love their bosses.

Stacy has been my boss since October, and she's fairly new at being a boss. She doesn't confront people (which I like) and she warns us about things. For example she told me recently... "The area manager is on the war path, he's looking to fire people talking/texting on cell phones and reading on their jobs. I thought I'd warn you since you're in direct view of his office." So of course I FRANTICALLY hide my newspapers and quickly finish the text message I was sending to Lois.

You see, all the offices are 20 feet above the floor. Bosses/ area managers can look out over their workers. Unfortunately MY job is directly by the area manager's office. I'm the first one he sees. So, I'm more likely to be noticed more than others. Also it doesn't help that I can look over my right shoulder and look up and see the area manager's bald head as he's on his computer. If he stands up, he would see me. Talk about direct view. The good thing is, I only have to be careful until 6 or 6:30... Sometimes 4 on Fridays, and usually not at all on Sat. That's when he leaves for the night.

Anyway back to Stacy. She sometimes (if we're chasing assembly, and about to drop them. Which means we're not running fast enough to keep the assembly departments in parts) sometimes she'll ask me if I would run another job during that person's breaks. There are times I want to refuse, but I never do. No, I'm not sucking up, I just think, there may be a time I need a favor. Sure enough I did.......

One time in Feb, my dad called me at work (on my cell) and told me that the roads were getting bad and to see if I could leave early. So, I found Stacy and asked if I could leave at 7. She told me, "I would, but everyone is asking to leave, and I can't let you and not anyone else." I told her that I understood, and went back to work. Around 8:30 this guy walks up to my job and said "Stacy told me to come over and run your job, so you can leave." I was surprised, and I didn't believe him. So, I found Stacy and asked her about it. She told me to go, that she found someone to cover my job, and to please don't tell anyone that she did that. Well, I grabbed my things and left after thanking her a million times over.
From then on whenever she asks me for a favor, I never hesistate to do whatever she needs. Oh, and it's paid off AGAIN....

I was hoping to work this Sat and next, so I get the 19th off. I'm wanting to go to my cousin's graduation. Well, I wasn't asked to work, so I asked Stacy if I could get a paid day that Sat. I explained why I needed it off, and that they live quite a ways away. She told me that she had to go check the book.

Two hours later I asked her if she checked it. I said, I'm just afraid it's going to be 100% (mandatory) that Sat. She said, "it is 100% next Sat AND the Sat you want off. Go ahead and take it off, and I'll take care of it." She laughed and waved me off when I told her that I owed her one.

So, I went from having one boss that played favorites, and those favorites were the ONLY ones that could get days off, to having a boss that treats us fairly. I really like Stacy, but I'm afraid she won't be there much longer. They're talking about getting rid of 1/3 of the management jobs. I sure hope they keep her. She plays fair.