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Management isn’t as easy as it seems

Garth McLennan Editor in Chief

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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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