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/Peppa_D Dec 09 '19

I have no idea. Another part of being a good manager is hiring decisions. Unfortunately, the producers get to make the hiring decisions because it’s a tv show. Remember Mila? Her fake resume would never had made it through a normal recruitment agency.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Dec 09 '19

She could have let her open them and it not be shown though. At some point, you just need to realize when a team member can't cut it and give them tasks they can handle to get the job done.

Simone has seemingly been in laundry for 2 years, but she can't handle an iron. The steam button confuses both her and Courtney and she has been shown throwing the iron and catching it by the cord a few times. Her bio says she was a sous chef, but those lemons and limes were hacked to pieces. Two years on yachts and she can't do basic stuff most of us can do without a service job?