Have an Interview Today

[Snakesm13]

For the Interim position I am already doing. Back in September my supervisor left and our I&E department was answering to the his Supervisor. at the end of October I was placed as Interim Supervisor for the department. Today are the interviews for the supervisor position. There are 2 other applicants all from this department. One has been here 12 years and the other 10 years. I was here from 09-end of 13 then 17-present. I am 20 years younger than the first and 2 years younger than the second but he is a good candidate as well.
But the only one with any management experience.

I shouldn't be nervous since I was given the interim, but I am. Wish me luck!

[ClassicDatsunDebate]

@snakesm13 good luck!

[MisterButtercup]

@snakesm13 good luck!

[jminer]

Good luck! You're in a tough place, something similar happened to my wife where she was given interim authority as a manager but like you it was a bit of a shitshow with folks going around her. She didn't end up getting the title officially, but she worked for a shitty company.

You'll nail it!

[Shop-Teacher]

@snakesm13 Good luck!

[ITA97]

@snakesm13 Good luck!

[Vondon302]

@snakesm13 Good luck!

[sn4cktimes]

@snakesm13 Goodluck! I’ve been in the same “spot”. It sucks to be doing the work already and still having to prove your worth/position.

[Chariotoflove]

@snakesm13 Good luck, man. I know that interim appointments don't always mean the inside track for the permanent job, but it has to help.

[Longtime Lurker]

Good luck

[farscythe]

good luck mate

[rctothefuture]

Good luck, sometimes folks will play their age card so hopefully your results overpower that.

[Rusty Vandura]

You just never know how things will go. Remember who you are. If your motivations are pure, then you win, whatever the outcome. Sometimes wins are difficult to recognize, or even accept.

[Snakesm13]

@ClassicDatsunDebate
@MisterButtercup
@Shop-Teacher
@ITA97
@Vondon302
@Longtime-Lurker
@farscythe
Thanks for the good vibes! I wrote this in a haste just before the interview, I felt like I should put it out in the web for some reason. Never thought I would get this big of a response.

@jminer Thanks! Luckily this is actually a great company, great enough to work here twice. Its just a bad situation and if I don't get it, I still enjoy what I do.

@sn4cktimes Thanks! It is a difficult spot but at least they are compensating me for half of the raise if it was the full time supervisor position. The only downside is if I don't get the position they have already made it clear my rate goes back down. Which is understandable but that doesn't make it suck any less.

@Chariotoflove Thanks! The good thing is I now fully know what the position involves.

@rctothefuture Surprisingly the one with the greatest age card has the least likely chance to get the job due to previous performances and past recommendations.

@Rusty-Vandura Thanks man! I've been in the rat race before when you are trying to outdo each other at the expense of your friendship. I feel I have matured past the point where compensation and ranking within a company is not worth loosing the enjoyment of the job.

[VincentMalamute]

Good luck!

@snakesm13 said in Have an Interview Today:

Surprisingly the one with the greatest age card has the least likely chance to get the job due to previous performances and past recommendations.

yeah, hard to say which way age will affect the decision. At some point, that one dude may be too old and too expensive so that may be in your favor. Not to mention the his other baggage.

[ClassicDatsunDebate]

@snakesm13 So? Howd-it-go?

[Snakesm13]

@classicdatsundebate I've known my superiors for 10 years now so it was an easy conversation based interview that turned into discussion about solution to actual issues we are currently facing. The other interviewers would not have gotten this discussion as they are not involved with those issues. It made for an easy interview but harder to judge genuine responses.

I was told they would discuss and think on it over the weekend and tell us next week sometime, definitely before we break for Christmas wednesday afternoon.

The most positive thing is I've done what I can and it is no longer in my hands.

[ClassicDatsunDebate]

@snakesm13 It sounds like you have put yourself in as good of a spot as you could. Hope you get it!

[sn4cktimes]

@Snakesm13 i think the fact that you’ve already been doing it does put you much farther ahead. That goes a long way. Some people weirdly value age as equating to leadership or proper experience. And that’s just fucking nonsense.

In my case I was the youngest shift supervisor they’d ever had. But I had rock solid work, good work ethic, knew how to run every single machine, fixed stuff, held the fort down when the previous guy up and quit in the middle of his shift without telling us where he went, I didn’t complain when I was doing his duties, they had already tried to hire an “experienced” guy who lasted 5 weeks (I essentially had to train him to be in charge of me and everyone else.... his only qualification over me being about 10 years older...) and then later when they told me they were considering me or another guy from another company I straight up told them I would not train another supervisor, never work outside my paid role, or ever “fill in” again... I think that cemented it for them. The fact that our shift production was already so much higher than under the original, or replacement supervisors’ reigns helped a lot too. And it helped I was already implementing redundancy into “my” staff, to counter missed shifts from illness or life stuff etc. All my guys could do at least 3 different jobs roles quite confidently after the first 5 weeks of my temporary go. Which they only realized when a few of the day shift guys were out due to surgeries and such for a few weeks and they needed fill ins. I was asked who could operate what and just handed my boss a spreadsheet and said take your pick. They all have a rating between 1-5 for each “thing”.

So, if you’re already talking strategies about specific things during your “interview”... unless one of the other guys blows them out of the water, or they think older = better, you should likely come out on top.

On the flip side: a lower role equates lower pay, but should also equate lower responsibilities... which can be nice. I’m just a worker at this job. So not having to make every decision can be nice too.