[il-talk] Professional Opinion Regarding My Actions

[Kelly Pierce]

Nick,

I do too.  You waited a very reasonable time for the supervisor to act
before reaching out.  If the reader services are essential, the
resolution can't be pushed back six months.  In my experience I have
found it inappropriate when people wait to identify problems and then
expect immediate resolution when raised with a supervisor.  Another
issue is when the person finds a variety of issues to be essential and
continually goes around a supervisor.  Neither of these issues are
present here.  On the second point, sometimes we get duds as bosses.
There are formal ways of dealing with this. Yet, in the end we all
must get along to get the work done and being a diplomat takes more
work than being a fierce advocate.

However, job critical accommodations should not be ignored.  Long
term, job performance could suffer and the employee often is blamed.

Kelly





On 12/7/13, Nicholas <robertson.nicholas at hotmail.com> wrote:
> FYI James Omvig and I discussed the issue last evening. He thinks I did the
> right thing.
>
> Nicholas S. Robertson
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 6, 2013, at 9:18 PM, "Rob Kaiser" <rcubfank at live.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with you on this.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jemal
>> Powell
>> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 12:39 PM
>> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Professional Opinion Regarding My Actions
>>
>> Nick, you did the right thing by reaching out in order to expedite the
>> process of getting meter services on your job. It's unfortunate that your
>> supervisor got offended that you had to go around him but you did what
>> you
>> had to do and you should not apologize for that at all.
>>
>> Jemal Powell sent you this voice-to-text generated email using Voice on
>> the
>> Go.
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>> -1537.wav
>>
>>
>>> Original Message:
>>> ---------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: Nicholas <robertson.nicholas at hotmail.com>
>>> Sent: December 5, 2013 7:21:30 PM
>>> To: "il-talk at nfbnet.org" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>,
>>    "blindtlk at nfbnet.org" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: [il-talk] Professional Opinion Regarding My Actions
>>>
>>> I am still in the process of trying to acquire reader services at work.
>> My supervisor appeared to let things be for 4-6 weeks.  I then was
>> contacted
>> by a major player within my industry asking how things were going as far
>> as
>> accommodations.  I was honest and shared my frustration.  He asked me to
>> give him two days to find out some answers.  He kept his word and got the
>> ball rolling on the acquisition of reader services.  I've gotten a stern
>> talk from my supervisor and a talk from my Training Program Manager
>> asking
>> me not to go through anybody, but my current supervisor to accomplish
>> work
>> tasks.  I was accused of being unprofessional and making others look bad.
>>>
>>> The truth of the matter is that a reader is essential to my level of
>> production.  I searched high and low for six years to find full time
>> work,
>> and thank God for the efforts of the NFB and its present relationship
>> with
>> the VA to provide gainful employment.  Was I out of line in using my
>> network
>> to obtain services of a reader?  Is this unprofessional?  I was told that
>> I
>> should "bite my tongue until it bleeds" before I buck the chain of
>> command,
>> this being from an outside source from a previous job.
>>>
>>> In no way was it my intent to make anybody look bad.  In fact, I thought
>> that my actions would show my supervisor that I am willing to use my
>> contacts to get things done.  It seems as though those in there youth
>> tend
>> to agree with me, and those older tend to take the other approach.  I
>> guess,
>> I don't want to hear that my actions were unprofessional, but were they?
>> Please be honest.  Thanks for your time.
>>>
>>> Nicholas S. Robertson, MBA
>>> Phone: 641.660.2475
>>> Email: robertson.nicholas at hotmail.com
>>>            nicholas.robertson2 at va.gov
>>>
>>>
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