How do manage employees effectively that may not see me as a person who has no bite to go along with his bark?

Question

I recently got a promotion in which I am in charge of several people in a shop. I have been there 4 years . Most people there have been alot longer. Most people respect the position I have now. Some though, do things that I am not sure they would do if lets say the former supervisor was still there. I suspect that some of the employees feel that I am an easy going guy and that i will let many things slide. But i am not sure when and where to draw the line. I have made it clear to everybody that warnings will be issued if they are caught doing things on the clock against the handbook. And yet some persist on testing me by boldly smoking when its not break time. They just tell me things like we clocked out to smoke.

Answer 1

This is a first good step to indicate how your going to handle management. It's not an easy job. You have to draw that line between co-worker and boss. This happen to me as well. I had to become the boss. I have found that staff respects you more if you do what your job duties ask. For instance if they are taking smoke breaks, that's fine, as long as they are clocked out, and have not gone over the allowed break time. I am unsure of what your rules are, but most places have limited amount of times given for breaks. I had issued a sign in sheet at one point, due to the fact that staff was abusing break times and smoking every 10-15 minutes. This works great, as long as you enforce it.
Your just going to have to be able to do the jobs your superiors know you can. They gave you the job for a reason. It's your time to shine. However, I strongly advise that you don't over use your power or let it go to your head. No one respects that. Good Luck

Answer 2

If you have already stated your position 'warnings will be given', put it into action.

Give those you know are taking advantage of your 'newness' a written warning. Bring them in, one at a time and discuss what you believe to be their violation of company rules and let them know, very clearly, that this is going into their work files.

Also, if you feel that this may cause you problems bring in your supervisor/manager or the owner if it's a small shop into the meeting. State the problem clearly, leave personalities out of it and have the written warning reviewed by your supervisor in advance of the meeting.

This isn't a popularity contest, it's about doing the job you are being paid to do and teaching those whom you supervise how to treat you.

Answer 3

It really depends on how much power you have to fire people.......Without that, it's difficult..............If you can!!!!.......Pick the one who you think is the worst and most useless. Do all you can to fire or get them fired. Make sure the rest of them can find out that YOU were the cause of the firing.
If they've all been spoiled over the years, you have your work cut out for you.
Check with your boss about gradually getting rid of most of them for people who WILL do what they're supposed to do.
If they're doing good and productive work, live with the hassles and just adapt so that you don't look like a boob.
The key is.... Is the work output good?
Is the company getting their money's worth out of these people.........If they're good and the company is benefitting, learn to ignore. If not , fire as many as you have to.
Don't worry about personal feelings (Yours)............You can never achieve perfection on this, you can only keep it profitable......If you can't, then Your job is in jeopardy.

Answer 4

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