Checklists
Posted: January 12 09, 3:24 am
Nevermind my hatred for checklists since childhood (remember opening packs of baseball cards and seeing that stupid list there?), they've come back to haunt me in adulthood.
About a month ago, I was promoted to news producer. It seems that the person who held the job before me was incompetent at this job because my boss has given me a checklist of tasks I need to make sure are completed each day.
I don't need a checklist. I've found the rhythm of this job about a week into it. It's easy to find a routine for it and stick to it.
And the worst part of it all is that the only reason we have this checklist is when we have our morning meetings, he can look over my checklist to make sure I got stuff done. It's not my fault that the last producer wouldn't get stuff done until a half hour she was supposed to when I'm done an hour and a half ahead of time.
To be honest, since I'm the only person here for four hours, the first thing I do when I get here is check off everything on my checklist.
(Semi-tangential rant): While I'm at it, I loathe our morning meetings. Again, the last producer was painfully slow. Her shift was supposed to end at 9, and I've been told she wouldn't be done until 9:30 or 10. My work is wrapped up at 8 AM on most days; it's always done by 9 (when I'm supposed to clock off). But, my boss doesn't arrive until 9:15 or so. So, I have to wait for him to settle in, check his email, etc. and at about 9:30, we have our morning meeting...where he asks how the show went, me and the anchor say "it went fine," and we go home. Must we do this dance every day?
About a month ago, I was promoted to news producer. It seems that the person who held the job before me was incompetent at this job because my boss has given me a checklist of tasks I need to make sure are completed each day.
I don't need a checklist. I've found the rhythm of this job about a week into it. It's easy to find a routine for it and stick to it.
And the worst part of it all is that the only reason we have this checklist is when we have our morning meetings, he can look over my checklist to make sure I got stuff done. It's not my fault that the last producer wouldn't get stuff done until a half hour she was supposed to when I'm done an hour and a half ahead of time.
To be honest, since I'm the only person here for four hours, the first thing I do when I get here is check off everything on my checklist.
(Semi-tangential rant): While I'm at it, I loathe our morning meetings. Again, the last producer was painfully slow. Her shift was supposed to end at 9, and I've been told she wouldn't be done until 9:30 or 10. My work is wrapped up at 8 AM on most days; it's always done by 9 (when I'm supposed to clock off). But, my boss doesn't arrive until 9:15 or so. So, I have to wait for him to settle in, check his email, etc. and at about 9:30, we have our morning meeting...where he asks how the show went, me and the anchor say "it went fine," and we go home. Must we do this dance every day?