So today we got in a new Airman to help out with the manning issue. Its always an interesting situation when you get a new employee to the workcenter. I layed out the basic groundrules and got him immediately to sit down with the A1C he'll be filling in for over the next couple weeks.
Its definitely a case of information overload. I didn't have a clue as to his level of experience, and despite his best intentions, he's still facing the challange of working from next to no knowledge of even the basic structure of our organization. Luckily the A1C is an extremely competent troop and was able to clearly lay out the squadron's structure, and cover Points of Contact in higher levels that the Airmen will need to be familiar with. She has one more day to spend training him up, and with the progress i've seen sofar, i think it will be fairly successful.
On a side note, a section cheif from another area came to me today with a personnel issue. She has a troop who is having some fairly significant physical fitness issues, and she wanted to use me as a sounding board before she went forward with any disciplinary actions. I don't think I'll ever really get used to this situation. Here I am only 24 years old, and there's this experienced MSgt with 20 years of active duty service who's asking me to serve as her sounding board. I mean I should be taking notes from her, I don't have the experience she has, but for whatever reasons she's feels like she can trust my judgement. It's just a strange situation to find yourself in.
Well tomorrow brings with it another day of training for my temp worker, and hopefully a chance to catch up on some work i have piliing up in my inbox.
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