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<blockquote data-quote="Alan Hamilton" data-source="post: 131192" data-attributes="member: 1799"><p>Re: A tad demoralising</p><p></p><p>A couple of things come to mind as I read this....</p><p>One is you never get a second chance to make a first impression.</p><p></p><p>If I read your description of the gig one way it would appear that because, in your mind, the other workers weren't as good/experienced as you, you eventually faded and ultimately you weren't even as good as them. So when you had a real opportunity to stand out as the best of the batch, you didn't do it. You got frustrated and faded. So that wasn't good. And it played out like I would expect when taken from the perspective of the person writing the checks.</p><p></p><p>#2 </p><p></p><p>If you're hired to be a worker bee.... be a worker bee... Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever try to assume a leadership role even if you perceive there is a vacuum there. Obviously, this gig was your first with them so anything beyond doing what you were told, and possibly a limited asking for clarification if something was so confusing you knew you couldn't get it right without asking, should've been the end of your role. Lift and push. Pull and turn.</p><p></p><p>The crew chief or production manager does not need to be questioned or hear your ideas about how to do something differently during load in, the show, or load out. At best you're probably not considering everything he or she has already considered. It's a distraction. And at worst, in the midst of everything happening for one reason or another your suggestion might be OK'ed.... only for the PM/crew chief to figure out later why something has been done the same way for 256 shows, or planned for this particular strike, and now the truck pack is off for that one off radio gig in the morning. </p><p></p><p>Also, don't free lance on the gig and start doing things because you think they need done. When the crew chief/PM tells you to kill the dead cases THAT is when you do it. You don't open cases until you are told. You put the cases where they tell you and you leave them there until they tell you to move them. You don't dress cables until you're told to dress cables. You don't move the mic cable case closer to the AC case just because you think they should be together. Etc Etc Etc... You do what you're told and then make yourself available for the next project and wait. You don't randomly take off to help other people on their project even if you think they need help. Not unless the crew chief/PM puts you on that project.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So even if you feel there was no leadership there, or the leadership was lacking, <em>you</em> were most certainly not the leader. You were a worker bee that likely over-stepped your boundaries and then, by your own description, faded as the load out went on.</p><p></p><p>Maybe this is harsh but by the sounds of the letter and your description of the gig, it's also a very likely possibility of what went down and the mistakes you made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan Hamilton, post: 131192, member: 1799"] Re: A tad demoralising A couple of things come to mind as I read this.... One is you never get a second chance to make a first impression. If I read your description of the gig one way it would appear that because, in your mind, the other workers weren't as good/experienced as you, you eventually faded and ultimately you weren't even as good as them. So when you had a real opportunity to stand out as the best of the batch, you didn't do it. You got frustrated and faded. So that wasn't good. And it played out like I would expect when taken from the perspective of the person writing the checks. #2 If you're hired to be a worker bee.... be a worker bee... Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever try to assume a leadership role even if you perceive there is a vacuum there. Obviously, this gig was your first with them so anything beyond doing what you were told, and possibly a limited asking for clarification if something was so confusing you knew you couldn't get it right without asking, should've been the end of your role. Lift and push. Pull and turn. The crew chief or production manager does not need to be questioned or hear your ideas about how to do something differently during load in, the show, or load out. At best you're probably not considering everything he or she has already considered. It's a distraction. And at worst, in the midst of everything happening for one reason or another your suggestion might be OK'ed.... only for the PM/crew chief to figure out later why something has been done the same way for 256 shows, or planned for this particular strike, and now the truck pack is off for that one off radio gig in the morning. Also, don't free lance on the gig and start doing things because you think they need done. When the crew chief/PM tells you to kill the dead cases THAT is when you do it. You don't open cases until you are told. You put the cases where they tell you and you leave them there until they tell you to move them. You don't dress cables until you're told to dress cables. You don't move the mic cable case closer to the AC case just because you think they should be together. Etc Etc Etc... You do what you're told and then make yourself available for the next project and wait. You don't randomly take off to help other people on their project even if you think they need help. Not unless the crew chief/PM puts you on that project. So even if you feel there was no leadership there, or the leadership was lacking, [I]you[/I] were most certainly not the leader. You were a worker bee that likely over-stepped your boundaries and then, by your own description, faded as the load out went on. Maybe this is harsh but by the sounds of the letter and your description of the gig, it's also a very likely possibility of what went down and the mistakes you made. [/QUOTE]
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