Got Chewed Out by My Boss

[NaOH]

Been on co-op for the past 3-4 months. My boss/mentor was gone the entire time and left me a power consumption project to do. The whole time it pissed me off because there was not really any documentation at one place that listed all the motors in the plant. So it was annoying to fidget around and guess to see what motor is named/does what. I used a list he sent me before he left that had all the general motors. There's a million motors that aren't labeled and are small. Well he's back this week and I asked him where to see if I got everything. He told me I was missing a lot of stuff. Like a lot of the small motors. I told him that I went by the list he sent me which looked pretty conclusive. He lectured me about having ALL the data to come up with the right conclusions and how I need to get away from the computer and learn how to get the right data on my own. I would say he was pretty much right. I still think this company could be a little more organized ( there's a lot of missing documentation). I came here to learn a lot of PLC/programming but it never happened. Plus the fact that he was gone the ENTIRE time is pretty discouraging for your first co-op. But I guess I gotta learn to work through whatever (although it's pretty hard when everyone is doing their own thing and you have NO BOSS to guide you or give you more projects)


Cliffs:

- Boss leaves for entire co-op
- I get pissed at how unorganized my boss/company is about documentation to finish project (shouldn't a company know all the equipment that it uses to produce?!)
- Boss comes back at the end and says I'm missing a lot of SMALL motors that I thought I could disregard since I had no idea what they did.
- Get lectured about learning how to obtain information
- I learn a lesson, but am still peeved at my co-op experience.

 

[ViviTheMage]

cliffys!

 

[MisterJackson]

Someone should make a cheese icon to go with the wine...

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: AMDUALY
Been on co-op for the past 3-4 months. My boss/mentor was gone the entire time and left me a power consumption project to do. The whole time it pissed me off because there was not really any documentation at one place that listed all the motors in the plant. So it was annoying to fidget around and guess to see what motor is named/does what. I used a list he sent me before he left that had all the general motors. There's a million motors that aren't labeled and are small. Well he's back this week and I asked him where to see if I got everything. He told me I was missing a lot of stuff. Like a lot of the small motors. I told him that I went by the list he sent me which looked pretty conclusive. He lectured me about having ALL the data to come up with the right conclusions and how I need to get away from the computer and learn how to get the right data on my own. I would say he was pretty much right. I still think this company could be a little more organized ( there's a lot of missing documentation). I came here to learn a lot of PLC/programming but it never happened. Plus the fact that he was gone the ENTIRE time is pretty discouraging for your first co-op. But I guess I gotta learn to work through whatever (although it's pretty hard when everyone is doing their own thing and you have NO BOSS to guide you or give you more projects)

Agreed. It is annoying when they only chime in with help when the projects are rolling out (basically when the directors or admin are watching), and then you have to crunch through the new "updates" in a matter of days.

 

[mflacy]

Hey, at least you own up to your mistakes.

It could be worse. You could be a whiney little b!tch who gets worked up when the computer lab teacher tells him to finish up his work.

 

[FoBoT]

live and learn

20 years from now you'll be the old grumpy man of ATOT and reflect on this experience with loving memory

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
cliffys!

Why do people even come to a message board if they won't read?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
cliffys!

Why do people even come to a message board if they won't read?

i wonder that myself

 

[NaOH]

I'm pretty damn stubborn. But yeah, it was my responsibility to find out the information I needed if I couldn't find it. Hard for me to accept but I guess this co-op was worth it. Mainly since I learned how the work enviroment is and how everything falls together. Next time, at my next company (hopefully i get something at home in silicon valley. I will never work industrial again if I can help it.) I will do a better job at thinking like an engineer and not looking like a dumbass who can't.

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: mflacy
Hey, at least you own up to your mistakes.
.

 

[Patt]

Well, consider this ... my first co-op position I changed variable names on reports all summer ... carpal tunnel hell.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: Patt
Well, consider this ... my first co-op position I changed variable names on reports all summer ... carpal tunnel hell.

lol..
What kind of company did you work at?

 

[HN]

[morpheus]welcome...to the real world[/morpheus].

sad truth, but that's how it usually is