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Management isn’t as easy as it seems

  

Garth McLennan
Editor in Chief

ow that the new school

semester has kicked off,

Douglas College’s own student
newspaper, The Other Press, has returned
to its usual once-per-week schedule.
However, as the still new editor of the
fine paper you’re holding in your hands,
that does mean an increased workload for
me in my new management capacity.

You see, growing up I worked a few
jobs, like most high school kids do. And
in that time I was constantly frustrated at
the authority figures that I worked for, as
most people almost always are. However,
now that I’m assuming a management
role of my own, I have come to realize
that calling the shots isn’t always as easy
as it seems. In fact, at times it can be
downright hard.

Now don’t get me wrong. I really
love my job and I work with some truly
great people, so I’m not complaining. I’ve
just found it increasingly interesting that
being in charge of a number of people
at the same time means that you’re the
focal point for everyone’s gripes. When
you’re the boss, you’re the one people
are looking to when a crisis emerges, or
a problem needs solving, and that isn’t
always easy.

My point is, when your boss snaps at
you for something, don’t always take it
personally. There are so many things, so

 

 

many things that often fly totally under
the radar that people in management
have to deal with that when they want
something done, they want it done now.
There are so many things that go into
running a business or a company that
when I took this job; I simply had no idea
about.

I mean, for the longest time at this
paper, I was the sports editor. I had to
write sports, make sure my articles were
cleaned up to the best of my ability, and
send them off to the chief editor, and
basically that was it. Other than coming
to production meetings, that was the
extent of my job. When I wasn’t happy
with whoever was in charge of the paper,
looking back now I don’t think I gave
them a fair shake. I was so absorbed
into my own work that I didn’t take into
account the fact that the editor had to not
only just edit every article in the paper
strictly according to CP standards, but
also had to deal with everything from the
specific layout to each issue to hunting
down advertisers so that the paper can
stay afloat financially to organizing
events to signing cheques and everything
in-between.

This really is an all-purpose job, and
I think that is true of many managers out
there. No one is perfect, and I know I’m
certainly not, but the next time you’ re
boss is giving you crap about something,
cut them a break. From someone who has
been on both sides of the employment
fence, it’s much appreciated.

 

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