This branch is very much like a high school clique. A couple of people here have been working together for years. With that comes a whole lot of favoritism. The management style isn’t the best either. These people expect you to come in and “hit the ground running” on your first day on the job. They have no patience to teach you and feel too high and mighty to make time to sit with you and teach you the right way to do things. Corporate doesn’t send you to your first training until 3 months into the job, in some cases 6 months. The teaching sucks because the managers are “Producing Managers” so they’d rather be working on getting their commission than teaching you how to perform. Another issue is the scarcity of job orders. Because of the geographic location of this branch, getting job orders is NOT EASY. You’re lucky if you get one a week. Management, however, wants you to get one a day. Because of this pressure, staffing managers are vicious with each other. They try to promote a cohesive team and synergy, but how is that possible if I get chewed out when my colleague’s client calls and asks for ME? Something needs to change, and it’s not policy, procedure, or metrics. It’s the staff. They’re stuck up, power-high, and snobby. They don’t respect you. They’ll smile to your face and gossip about you behind your back. I’ve caught them in the act.
