Yensia
2021-05-19T15:38:17.000Z
So my boss started a few months ago
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:42:34.000Z
he's been picking up more of his duties it there's also been a lot of hiring. like a LOT of hiring
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:43:26.000Z
So, there are monthly facility reports, which he took, technically as of last month but I did them because he didn't have time
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:43:42.000Z
they are due by the 15th
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:44:00.000Z
May's reports are not in
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:49:47.000Z
Do I address this? I checked because he's...not...always...good at keeping track of things
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:50:38.000Z
And I considered reminding him last week but didn't
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:55:00.000Z
Well, more, I forgot to
Maybe phrasing it like "I was curious about last month's report, so I looked for it but it's not showing up-could there have been a tech glitch that means it didn't make it across the internets when you sent it?" would help, but yeah, I'd check in about it.
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:58:04.000Z
There's literally no reason for me to be curious though, is the thing.
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:58:20.000Z
They're facility reports and since I did last month's I know exactly what was in it.
Ah, right, that makes it more difficult. Maybe asking if everything went smoothly when he sent it in?
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:58:58.000Z
Maybe.
Worrying about tech glitches is valid, IMHO.
Yensia
2021-05-19T15:59:45.000Z
It's like...okay, he's a nice guy and god knows he's 100% better at organizing data into spreadsheets than I am and thinking of ways to track numbers.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:00:26.000Z
He's calm and professional.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:01:12.000Z
And he's been shoved into doing a lot of staff stuff that I wouldn't want to put on a new person.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:01:31.000Z
Until we got the new circ supervisor, he was in charge of circ, which is a mess of personal issues.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:01:40.000Z
Plus the aforementioned hiring.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:01:43.000Z
Overall, he's fine.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:01:48.000Z
h o w e v e r
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:02:04.000Z
This isn't the first time he's missed a deadline on a task
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:02:47.000Z
Well okay, unless a former coworker is lying - and honestly, she wouldn't - he didn't complete a book order, which I noticed on the day of and did myself.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:02:54.000Z
And he's terrible at communication.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:03:23.000Z
1) he didn't send an email telling everyone that the magazines would be put back out as of this Monday and said he did
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:03:59.000Z
2) There was supposed to be training on Monday and Matthew, my coworker who was supposed to be training the person, didn't find out about it at all until he was told that it was delayed two weeks
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:04:07.000Z
These are...pretty typical instances.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:04:23.000Z
And it's been since the end of January
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:04:33.000Z
Like...he's been here long enough to settle a little at least?
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:06:06.000Z
And even regarding circ, the new supervisor started over a month ago so he should have a bit more time?
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:06:52.000Z
Which is why I'm torn as to whether I should help him here or let it go.
re: settling in: You would think, but brains are weird. Unfortunately, bringing up that you've noticed this is tricky since he's your boss, though asking if his first attempt at a task went smoothly would be okay in my opinion.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:07:30.000Z
I may try that.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:07:58.000Z
I want him to succeed, but it's not my job to monitor him, you know? he's an adult.
Indeed. For things like missing deadlines and such, if he's got folks he answers to, letting them address it might be best.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:09:48.000Z
He definitely does. I just...also worry because I'm the backup for it and I don't want this to land on me? So I think I'll send the reminder just to establish that it was HIS job this month.
Sounds good. If you all have a regular meeting time, using part of that to check in on how he's settling in and such might help.
If you don't, maybe asking about establishing one might be good. I REALLY wish I'd done that with my bosses at my first library job.
Yensia
2021-05-19T16:12:06.000Z
We have monthly one on ones and also biweekly supervisor meetings so
Agree with everyone that a gentle check in would be fine
Yensia
2021-05-19T17:42:32.000Z
"I just wanted to see if you had any questions after putting in the monthly facilities reports. I know that we went over everything in April but since it’s so hectic and this is the first month you’ve been responsible for them I figured I’d check in."