Respect
How do you handle supervisors that undermine your training by saying yah don't sign that cause that could be your job someday. Which means soon as I walk away the go back to the old way. Employee then feels cornered.
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I ran into a little of that. I had conversations about what the right way of doing things at all levels. After that, if I saw something I would point it out to the supervisor on site. Then I reported it to my supervisor on what the problem was, whoni told, and what was done to fix it.
I explained to the guys onsite that as the "competent" person you are personally responsible for the crew, and if a safety issue is pointed out and someone gets hurt because that issue wasnt fixed then that could be a wilfully violation.
I give them the "why" behind the "why".
How does management feel about that? If a line super acts like that and management backs that behavior, time to put resumes out there because there will be nothing but 8 hours of headaches to bring home.
Often senior management does not know of this situation and then you have to decide how politics will play into things by exposing the super.
If you have to deal with the politics and aren't going to be leaving for whatever reason. I would put "refused to sign" and advise the employee that is what you are going to do (let the employee decide if he/she is going to stand up to his line super).
That stinks, I'm sorry to hear that. Sounds like poor company culture and a toxic workplace. All employees should have mutual respect for each department, and if there's a stigma against a certain department it's an indicator of poor culture.
I encountered this at my last job so I just quit. My current company has none of that - best decision I ever made.
That culture needs to be changed, Its toxic to everyone involved. It has to start from the top down. People need to understand safety is not just a word. Safety is there to protect and preserve your life. Safety directors may not always start out being very popular, But once people see and understand what they do they usually see the importance of safety.
I do not do my Job because I like being mean to people, I do it because I care about people.
That's toxic on the supervisors part. Either they are supportive of safety or they are not. I've never experienced something this blatant first hand, however I'd have a talk with the supervisor, if that didn't work go to their boss. If they're boss doesn't support you, or safety then polish up your resume'. It's only a matter of time till something bad happens and as they say "you know what rolls down hill".
Well short of having a sit down with his manager I would sit down with the supervisor and have a safety one-on-one. Find out what's causing the pushback.