Let's talk management and how convincing you have to be to be successful. Being in management, anywhere, is a non-stop debate of the worse kind. I ask the general population, "Do you think that I should have to convince you to do your job?" and they would probably say, "At times, well at most times, it helps." That's the debacle that anyone in management faces, daily, and at times, hourly. For those of you who never had the opportunity to be in management, I'll give you brief synopsis. To start, for me, I have 10-12 employees under me, depending on which of them feel like coming into work on a given day. I'll pause here to make a disclaimer. As I've said before I work at UPS and we work with this great thing called a union. For anyone who has worked with a union that should be enough said. For those of you who haven't, it's like there are no rules that can't be broken in a company with a union. Look into it for more information.
Moving on, once I have my employees in, I have to put them where I need them most. At times that's easy, and at others, it's the most difficult thing to sell to them. Nightly I have to convince 1-2 of my employees into working to the best of their ability despite their negative attitude towards their work. Nightly I have to sell the company mission to my entire team, who are more reluctant to buy than Mr. Scrooge. Nightly I have to write 1-2 of my employees up for tardies or absences. Nightly I have to convince people, who tell me they "need the money" to work for their money. Nightly I have to pacify the insane without medication. There is more to management than one may think. So, next time you come across one of these instances I want you to remember one thing, doctors have pills, lawyers have death penalties, and management, well we have to do our best, so give us a break.