More Government Fun

Last week I was subjected to a week of "Introduction to Supervision" training by the government. A nice bit of irony is that I am no longer a supervisor. Now, for anyone who is expecting that the mandatory training that supervisors are supposed to receive would teach you the stuff you need to know to be a supervisor (like legal and administrative responsibilities and policies) you would be wrong. The training consisted of being taught how to "motivate" people and some tactics that might be marginally useful for giving annual performance appraisals. In fact, the little advice (I say advice because it was not a lesson) given on who to contact in case of conduct problems was wrong. There is a big difference between Employee Relations (discipline and firing people) and Human Resources (hiring and training people) in the government.

All I can say is ARGH!!!!! This is the last of my training for the year.....