So my boss of the last year year, who I have known for 7 years, is hooked on Oxycontin. He is the superintendent for the job site I am next in charge, and we have approximately 70 guys below us.
Oxy (my boss) has been missing work a lot the last few months, between not showing up and "going to the doctor" he usually is only at work about one day full day a week. The problem is he is having me cover for him. I am also doing most of his job on top of my own job. When he is here is not much help, he is constantly complaining how he does not feel good and is always sweating like he just ran a marathon.
I really do like Oxy and consider him a friend that I have know for a while but he has changed in the last year. Every time I sit down with him one on one to talk about this he agrees he has a problem and he is going to change and then I get a raise on my next check. I have never gone to Oxy's boss and made a compliant because I do consider him a friend and I also feel that if his boss does not see a problem with him then maybe I'm overreacting.
Well this morning I get a a call from Oxy's boss saying he received a photo radar ticket of Oxy driving the company vehicle on the other side of town during work hours. He wanted to know why Oxy was not at work. I told him Oxy had a doctors appointment. He then asked why he was not docked for the time he had missed, I said I am not in charge of time cards. He then said he had received some complaints about Oxy from the customer and from the project manager, and wanted to know what I thought. See the problem that I did not mention earlier is that Oxy's boss has known him since he was a kid and is good friends with his dad. I told him that I feel Oxy is not acting normal and he needed to have a talk with him. He then said he was going to come out to the our job site and wanted to have a sit down with Oxy and I. Oxy is not at work today so he said he would be here first thing tomorrow morning.
I really do not want to have a sit down with the three of us, I know that Oxy is going to feel I am trying to take his spot. Why should I have to be in this meeting.
Oxy (my boss) has been missing work a lot the last few months, between not showing up and "going to the doctor" he usually is only at work about one day full day a week. The problem is he is having me cover for him. I am also doing most of his job on top of my own job. When he is here is not much help, he is constantly complaining how he does not feel good and is always sweating like he just ran a marathon.
I really do like Oxy and consider him a friend that I have know for a while but he has changed in the last year. Every time I sit down with him one on one to talk about this he agrees he has a problem and he is going to change and then I get a raise on my next check. I have never gone to Oxy's boss and made a compliant because I do consider him a friend and I also feel that if his boss does not see a problem with him then maybe I'm overreacting.
Well this morning I get a a call from Oxy's boss saying he received a photo radar ticket of Oxy driving the company vehicle on the other side of town during work hours. He wanted to know why Oxy was not at work. I told him Oxy had a doctors appointment. He then asked why he was not docked for the time he had missed, I said I am not in charge of time cards. He then said he had received some complaints about Oxy from the customer and from the project manager, and wanted to know what I thought. See the problem that I did not mention earlier is that Oxy's boss has known him since he was a kid and is good friends with his dad. I told him that I feel Oxy is not acting normal and he needed to have a talk with him. He then said he was going to come out to the our job site and wanted to have a sit down with Oxy and I. Oxy is not at work today so he said he would be here first thing tomorrow morning.
I really do not want to have a sit down with the three of us, I know that Oxy is going to feel I am trying to take his spot. Why should I have to be in this meeting.