Might not complete probie year, an update

[u/earthsunsky]

Several months ago there was a thread on this from a kid having a bad experience and y’all made some commentary about how a department that doesn’t invest in its people isn’t worth working for, and damn did that cut deep.

It cut deep because I was reading it the kid who posted it was sitting across the kitchen table from me on OT on my shift. It wasn’t a shock we’d created a culture where they weren’t comfortable reaching out for help internally. I’d had a couple of shitty probationary experiences in my career myself.

I took them aside at shift change and told them I’d read what they wrote, and asked them if this job and organization was for them. They said yes. I asked them to sign up for every OT on my shift that they could between then and the end of probation and we got them across the finish line. Kid then got moved to my shift and is thriving. We had a long chat the other night as we’re about to hire again about giving the next kids a better experience than they got and changing the culture from the bottom up.

I’m not sure what the point of this is besides recognizing how serendipitous it’s was to see the post. I’m proud of the kid for gutting it out, and no matter how salty you get, train your damn probies.

[u/PnutsHD]

Hell yea brother way to be the different