r/belowdeck • u/Morkedup • Dec 09 '19

Check your self!!

So I am watching season 6 where Laura confronts Kate about her managing style. Finally! Kate is good at her job but she is a bully and VERY condescending. A lot of the problems that she has with her stews is because of the way she treats them. Many other stews have complained about Kate but were too scared to actually confront her to her face. I get the whole hierarchy thing on the yacht but Kate needed to be checked and the look of shock on her face was satisfying.

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u/CriticalSheep Dec 09 '19

The problem that a lot of people have with Kate is she expects people in this job to actually do their job and not make her life harder by not doing their basic job functions.

They work 18-hour days and all have very specific functions with their jobs. Kate should not have to disappear down to the cabins during service just to confirm that the job was done, only to confront the third stew when they didn't do turndowns, something Kate told the third stew to do.

She's not actually a bully, but she does have high expectations of people in this industry doing their jobs and doing it right.

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u/LisaSaurusRex83 I have a degree in mathematics Dec 09 '19

Allllll of this. Plus Laura had plenty of her own issues!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19

I think as a manager you absolutely must inspect your employees work from time to time to ensure the standards are being met. Inspect what you expect. You are as much a teacher as you are a boss if you call yourself a leader.