I won't explain too much because my job is pretty niche and I don't want to get doxxed, but I've been promoted to "manager" recently. It's not the kind of manager you're probably thinking of like you'd see at fast food or retail places, I don't determine anyone's hours or pay or anything like that, but I am in charge of assigning work to the people under me and training new employees. The problem is I have to balance the work I do myself and the work I assign to other people. If I keep too much for myself then my bosses wonder why they keep the others around and they fire the peons and I get stuck with all the work. If I assign too much to the people below me then they wonder why I'm even around and I get put at risk of being fired. Obviously I want to keep my job because I have bills and shit but I also don't want to be the person who sits around all day and bosses the people who actually do the work around. I'm kind of just looking for advice.

  • BeanBoy [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    In your manager office there should be a cartoonishly large button that says “communism”. Press that.

    But really you seem like a good person who won’t take advantage of other people. It’s okay to ask people to do the work they’re hired to do and that they probably expect to be doing. I’d say the best you can do in your position is to not be overbearing with the people you work with and treat them with respect and stuff.