Some how I survived the first week of production but don't ask me how. I had to let one employee go and my production manager left with malaria but I got through the week.
Here is what happened. . . .
Monday all of the girls showed up on time for work except for one, she did not call anyone, she just did not show. I decided that if she did not show up by Wednesday that I would give her position to someone else.
Tuesday the missing employee showed up. When I asked her why she did not call she just laughed at me then said she had a doctors appointment and did not come after it. I asked her how she was going to make up her hours since she had to work 40 hours per week to get her benefits. Once again she laughed at me and said to just take it out of her pay. When I told her that we had talked about her not having any vacation time yet and that she was going to have to make up any hours she missed she again laughed. She thought that I was kidding. I told her that she was going to have to work full time, we had so much work that we were not offering any part time positions. She said that she was not going to make up the hours and I had to let her go.
It was amazing how quickly after that the girls started to work faster. I knew that they were good workers but at the same time I knew that they were going to test me for the the short term. By letting this one person go they all knew that they were going to have to work their time and that I was not going to let anyone get away with anything.
Then my production manager started to disappear. I could not believe it, she then pulled me aside to tell me that she was not feeling good but that she would stay and work and if she need to "get sick" she would just go to the gutter like she had been doing. I told her that was unacceptable, she needed to go home and get better. She was out for 3 days with malaria.
I will have to say that my first week was a trial by fire but I survived.
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