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So I'm getting a promotion soon (yay!), moving up from just a line cook to sous-chef and I've only been with this company for a few months. Thing is that I'm still quite young (mid twenties) and will be the direct supervisor of some people a fair bit older than I am. Think 10-20 years older. It might just still be a bit of imposter syndrome, but the idea of having to tell people who have been in the business for far longer than I what to do and such really weirds me out.

I feel I wouldn't like it if "some young brat" that just got hired almost immediately gets a promotion and becomes my supervisor eventhough I worked at the company for far longer. Though maybe not everyone feels like this.

Do other people who have experience with a situation like this have any advice on how to deal with this? It's kinda been keeping me up at night...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Cool. I’d suggest you lead with friendliness and compassion. Reward good work and firmly (vary your tone by the severity) rectify bad work. Don’t cross any personal lines and don’t lose your cool when doling out corrective instructions. If your crew knows that they will be rewarded for goodwill work, they will give you amazing work. Make it fun for them but be careful to make sure to toe the line between boss and friend. I find that if I get too silly, people don’t take the job seriously enough…and when I’m too firm, they quickly become enemies.

Good luck and remember that your ego (which is pretty evident from your description of why you’re being promoted and your hard work) is going to cause a LOT of resentment. I’m sure you’ll find that at least a few people on your staff started out just like you and had that ambition beaten out of them.