Changes

Everyone has heard the expression that the only thing that stays the same is something is always changing.  Well, I have been lucky at work and the changes that have occurred were never really earth shattering so I could handle them easily.  Recently though there was a change in the service department management and while the old guy is a very good friend of mine, I have to adapt to someone new being in the role.

You should know that I am a total control freak.  I like to be involved and know what is going on.  I can be a team player and don't have a problem with that but my big thing is being informed and involved.  And I have always held true to...if you want it done right, do it yourself.  That hasn't always worked out for me and at times, left him overwhelm, stressed and definitely feeling unappreciated.

And now there is a new person, who doesn't know that I am one of the 'Crane Divas' and I was fearful.  Fearful that our work styles would clash, fearful that I would be let go if our work styles clashed.  Fear was in every bone in my body for the last week.  Things are so slow at work that we have high dollar, trained crane technicians sweeping the floor.  And I feel responsible because it is my job to bring in service work and there just doesn't seem to be any out there.  Although it was alluded to on Friday that it has to be out there, we just aren't finding it.

I have a counterpart at work, a guy that does the same thing I do only he has experience working on the machines.  We have had conversations about the changes and each of us had our own set of feelings on dealing with them.  We work well together and haven't ever had any problems so when we were asked to attend a meeting with the service management team, we were both a bit pessimistic.

However, glory hallelujah, the change is one for the better.  This guy is a team player, he thrives on communication and keeping people informed.  He's organized and is most concerned about giving the customer what they want at a fair price while continuing to make money for the company.  What a relief! 

Now if we only had some work to do so we can put that into place it would be wonderful!