The climber and groundman is best friends. They met in rehab together, the groundman had an issue with me before the climber came over fed him a bunch of shit so this guy already had a chip on his shoulder with me before we even met. Everytime I tried talking about it he said he didn't want...
@ATH I didn't give him a chance to choose sides, a few guys private messaged me here and pretty much summed up that if I make him choose sides he could feel threatened and be prepared to pack up and leave. I am trying to make this work, my crew a week will usually bring in around 18-20k a week...
So I ended up meeting with the owner before work. I laid it on the table with the problems, apologized that I couldn't handle this on my own and now that I've hit my breaking point. He offered me a two week vacation to take a breather (I freaking regret turning that down lol) and asked if I...
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I've thought of this suggestion but I don't want to come off as trying to tell the boss how he should operate the day to day work. We do have the equipment for the 3rd crew but winter is coming and usually we slow down so idk if we'd have the workload for the 3rd crew. This is...
Thanks for the feedback guys, I've never really dealt with a situation as bad as this because every other time it gets worked out before it blows up. Quitting is my last resort but I want to be taken seriously without him putting some chewed bubble gum on a hole of a sinking ship. I appreciate it.
So I'm a climber of almost 10 years, I've been with the company for almost two years now. The owner is more of a friend at times than a boss, bends over to make everyone happy. He recently hired someone that has caused ripples through the company, me being easy going I took him on, knowing him...