1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: All right, Steve. This is from MJ on Steve barbfm 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: MJ says, I started a new job about six months 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: ago that I worked really hard to land, and I 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: genuinely like the role, but my manager's communication is inconsistent 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: and it keeps making me look bad. She'll give instructions 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: but then change them later without telling me, or she'll 7 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: be too busy to answer my follow up questions and 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: then flag my work as incorrect. Twice she's warned me 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: that these mistakes can't keep happening, but it's one hundred 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: percent her fault. I've been taking careful notes and asking 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: for clarity in writing, just waiting for the next time 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: I get in trouble for her lack of clear communication. 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: I've set up a meeting to talk about how to 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: prevent errors, but I'm nervous that explaining the issue from 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 1: my point of view is going to come off as 16 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: a as defensive or disrespectful. So here's her question, How 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: can I protect my credibility and my job without it 18 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: looking like making excuses or trying to throw my manager 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: under the bus. 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: Well, I think you're being very smart with creating a 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 2: pay per trail that's imperative in corporate America that I've learned. 22 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: You got to have a pay per trail. Uh. Secondly, 23 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: you got to have a conversation with this woman because 24 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: if you don't, y'all fit to be in that situation 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 2: where you can't, she'd have told you you can't keep 26 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: making mistakes. She told you that, So you need to 27 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,040 Speaker 2: tell her that there's a communication gap between the tour 28 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: of Now, however that's gonna come across. Let it come 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 2: across that way, because if you don't, what's gonna come 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 2: across is you're incompetent and you keep making mistakes. Then 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: you got to pull out this paper trail. And now 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 2: when you know, I don't really recommend. 33 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: That, that's what she's amazing. She's worried about the pay 34 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,639 Speaker 1: per trail. You just pot al, You just pull out. 35 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: Well, hey, ain't no pott al make a mistakes paper trail. 36 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 2: But now I'm gonna say something to you because I 37 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: have an HR department in my company. Heah, you know, 38 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: and plus I hide the HR person. So HR and 39 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: my company don't stand for human resources. My HR stand 40 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: for heat. Right, come up, come up in here if 41 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: you want to. But you had a regular job, so 42 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 2: your job stand for human resources. I would at least 43 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: open up a file with human resources to say, can 44 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 2: I just get this on file because this is what's happening, 45 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: and just ask her to make a file for you 46 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: in case you need period. You gotta protect yourself. This 47 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: is the world we live in any day, so you 48 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: gotta protect yourself. What a great handsle Steve. 49 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: Next year we have time for another one. This guy says, 50 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: I have a girlfriend that I one, I'm one devoted 51 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 1: to and she knows that being nice to customers and 52 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: cracking a few jokes isn't flirting. It's working customers for tips. 53 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: Apparently there's one girl who's a regular that told her 54 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: boyfriend how funny I am, and over the weekend he 55 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: literally came into the bar and threatened me. I alerted 56 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: my manager of the issue, and he basically said, handle it. 57 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: I don't even know what that means. She's a good 58 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: tipper and a nice lady, but it's not right to 59 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: just blow her off moving forward. But I also don't 60 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,399 Speaker 1: want to just tell her about her man acting crazy. 61 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: So what's the best way to handle this without jeopardizing 62 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: my job or my income? 63 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 3: He must do. 64 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: Your job and your income. That ain't your problem. 65 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 3: You said, good job, missing something, man, don't are you 66 00:03:54,440 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 3: from b Your problem is this dude came up to 67 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 3: the job and told you. 68 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 2: Keep playing if you want to. You didn't went in 69 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: there and told your boss he'd told you to handle it. 70 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: You say, how do I do this? Stop losing my 71 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: tips or dog? It's the dude that can walk up 72 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 2: on you and threaten you, which is your concern? 73 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 3: Media, all right, lose some tips, lose some teeth. 74 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: Right, all right, thank you, Steve. We'll have more of 75 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: the Steve Harvey Morning Show coming up in twenty minutes 76 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: after the hour. Right after this, you're listening to the 77 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey Morning Show.