Our most experienced guy/ACA/lead hand is leaving for another company, while our only other lead hand has put in for a transfer to another department. Our two newest hires have either put in for transfers or been told they aren't meeting expectations and are getting moved elsewhere. Lots of other people on the fence to transfer or leave as well.
This all stems from our mechanics not having any work, so our manager decided to send them off to other programs and cut our overtime off completely. Once they experienced how relaxed the other programs are, how well management treats everyone there, and how much overtime they get regardless of work load, a lot of our guys are considering putting in for transfers.
So on the upside, I am the best candidate for promotion to fill the supervisory position, which would bump me to the top wage plus some premiums, plus with fewer people around and with management hopefully cluing into the the fact that people will not stay here without overtime, we should finally get some overtime back.
On the downside, if both lead hands leave, I'm afraid they will transfer a mechanical lead who is "dual trade" to try to be our lead, and that would not fly with any of us.
This all stems from our mechanics not having any work, so our manager decided to send them off to other programs and cut our overtime off completely. Once they experienced how relaxed the other programs are, how well management treats everyone there, and how much overtime they get regardless of work load, a lot of our guys are considering putting in for transfers.
So on the upside, I am the best candidate for promotion to fill the supervisory position, which would bump me to the top wage plus some premiums, plus with fewer people around and with management hopefully cluing into the the fact that people will not stay here without overtime, we should finally get some overtime back.
On the downside, if both lead hands leave, I'm afraid they will transfer a mechanical lead who is "dual trade" to try to be our lead, and that would not fly with any of us.
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