Welp been telling my leadership last few weeks that I'm goin to be applying for a boat transfer soon . Really it's because I'm want a different schedule that will work a bit better for us since my wife is quitting her job soon. No malice or whatever just " hay man when my wife puts in her 2 weeks I'll need to start the ball rolling on my transfer" told the lead cap, told the pilot, told port captain. Proper channels by company procedure and all that .Well wife put in her 2 weeks today and just so happens my relief cap got on some stuff last few days and said if we don't like how he runs the boat and how he talks to us to get off !
Well I got on the computer ,printed out the proper forms filled them out asked him to review them and what else I'd need to move forward. He looks at me looks at the paperwork and back at me turns pale and asks me what's it's all about ? Why would I leave so on and so on.... Just told him I've told everyone about this well in advance, it's nothing personal. Well now he doesn't wanna look at me talk to me , most he's said was he talked to the lead and port captains and he just doesn't believe it . Fun fun fun

sounds like he really likes you and your work but also , he really likes to complain and he didn't figure it would actually come so soon , people always seem to think it will be farther out than it actually is.

just like they think they have all the time on this planet and they don't have any idea how much time they have.

just when you do talk to him say , it isn't you , I just need a change of schedule for the wife.

but yeah it's like you work for a tiny company that is a part of a much larger one.

Better than last employee who quit on me, text me Friday night that he won't be in Monday, gee thanks.

I've mostly been self employed. Two of the times I worked for other people, they offered me huge raises if I stayed, when I put my notice in, which actually irritated me. In the one case, they offered me $23,000 more to stay. In my opinion, they should have been paying me a lot more before that, if they thought I was worth that much.

Keith

…. Just be happy you ain’t on a boat a couple hundred years ago

…. Got to count your blessings lol

Would you give them 2 weeks notice if you were going to fire them? Just saying.......

Whaddaya mean? Wolfie would have had a free ride and a job waiting for him when he got here,.

that is 50-60 hours better than a no call no show Monday morning.


I had to call in sick a couple weeks ago , I had slept Saturday night , all day Sunday , Sunday night and I ended up sleeping all day Monday and Monday night

they know if I call in sick that I am really bad.
I think the last time I had called in I was being driven to the ER

More I get you did not give them two weeks?
I’d be (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) too

Some captains think yelling, berating and being an overall @&# is how you should act as a God...I mean captain,.......

Same exact effect of no call no show. Not like I'm going to hire and train someone on Saturday and Sunday.

Well now he's just acting like a spiteful ex wife , going around and picking apart every little thing trying to find something saying stuff trying to get a reaction out of me . But I'm doin everything the way he says , or exactly as procedures say not giving him any reactions and I'm asking for a copy of everything he's trying to make me sign .

Shoot guy dug though my barge paper work found something off lost it on me , asked why I thought I should have it on the barge , then said it was wrong , asked me what the procedure for it was , said it wasn't a thing , then demanded I write a essay on why I thought it was right and why it's wrong and he wanted me to read it in front of everyone on crew change...... Told him I'd need a printed out form explainigall that and why plus a copy for my personal records to proceed and he just got in a huff dropped it .

Still hasn't touched my transfer paperwork either

But he can't understand why I'd even think of leaving . More and more I understand why people just call the office and go right to HR because this proper channel stuff is for the birds

Don't ..don't get me started

As soon as someone shows interest in leaving,,,,

I get rid of them immediately

They become toxic to the rest of the group

He is asking for a transfer to a different department for a schedule that works better for his family.


he is basically like a guy working 2nd shift asking to move to first shift , so he can better fit his family schedule.

same company , yes different supervisor , but if he has been a good worker for the company asking to move shifts is not out of line and doesn't warrant anger from the 2nd shift supervisor.

Is this your first boat still? Is this the guy that took you on and how you learned everything you know on the boat?

Sure, there’s always a reason,,,

But that kinda stuff should be done at home, on time off

Not at the camp, on the boat

Captain does not want to lose his best cook!

There's always 3 sides to a story. Wolfie u should post all your trials and tribulations on one thread then in 30 years you will have your autobiography complete.

We would have to taste pictures of the other cooks food to determine if that is the case here
Maybe the captain is still mad over the prime rib