A little update:
I have to be very generic in how I say this to hopefully keep myself out of trouble because specifics shouldnt be public knowlege ( for the companies sake, not mine )
I made an offer to upper management ( not the owner ) to buy one of the smaller cnc lathes along with an offer to program on contract, guarantee preferential treatment in job routing, consulting and whatever else I can do to ease the transition. The offer was basically ignored and "upper management" ask what the problem was. So I admitted that at first I was pretty irritated at the situation and that ai was put back on a machine while the "favorite" person status was unchanged despite my performance. But that now I have come to realize that the owner has a right to do what he wants in his company and there is nothing I can do about it. "upper management" said that is correct, that this guy is the favorite and nothing we can do will change it. That it will never change, thats how it is and basically I have to live with it. "upper management" said I am important to the company blah blah. " upper management" said that I am still expected to manage the shop while on a machine. I told him that I do not feel that I can adequately manage the shop while programming and running a machine.
( running a machine is a fulltime job in itself-you cant know whats going on in the shop when you are in front of a machine all day )
So now my duties now are managing the shop, running a machine and programming. I will admit Im pretty good at programming and machining. But attempting to do all 3 is a setup for failure.
I have to be very generic in how I say this to hopefully keep myself out of trouble because specifics shouldnt be public knowlege ( for the companies sake, not mine )
I made an offer to upper management ( not the owner ) to buy one of the smaller cnc lathes along with an offer to program on contract, guarantee preferential treatment in job routing, consulting and whatever else I can do to ease the transition. The offer was basically ignored and "upper management" ask what the problem was. So I admitted that at first I was pretty irritated at the situation and that ai was put back on a machine while the "favorite" person status was unchanged despite my performance. But that now I have come to realize that the owner has a right to do what he wants in his company and there is nothing I can do about it. "upper management" said that is correct, that this guy is the favorite and nothing we can do will change it. That it will never change, thats how it is and basically I have to live with it. "upper management" said I am important to the company blah blah. " upper management" said that I am still expected to manage the shop while on a machine. I told him that I do not feel that I can adequately manage the shop while programming and running a machine.
( running a machine is a fulltime job in itself-you cant know whats going on in the shop when you are in front of a machine all day )
So now my duties now are managing the shop, running a machine and programming. I will admit Im pretty good at programming and machining. But attempting to do all 3 is a setup for failure.
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