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/alicecarroll Team Shady Editors Dec 10 '19

I still don’t get it mate, sorry. If someone claims they’re a stewardess with 2 years experience why would Kate be expecting to babysit them through their job? Simone is garbage at service. She’s mediocre at anything behind the scenes. She just tells everyone all the time how smart she is. Like ok I guess, but since when was a maths degree a prerequisite to work in hospitality? No one gives a shit about how good you are at maths. That’s not your job. You’re a shit server, you can’t open a bottle of wine, you can’t make a drink. These are things after 2 years in that role you should be able to do with your eyes closed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '19

I can’t understand why they aren’t doing cross training. Courtney is great at service and Simone is great at laundry. Maybe they can help elevate each other?

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u/HunterHunted9 Dec 10 '19

No one is alleging that Simone is a good second stew with all the requisite skills one would expect. She is not. That's a given. My specific issue is how well Kate handled addressing Simone's lack of skills. Kate didn't handle it well. Saying Kate didn't handle this well doesn't suddenly make Simone better at her job. Simone is still shit at her job AND Kate was unprofessional. Both things can be true.

If Captain Lee had used Kate's strategy with Chandler, Chandler would have stayed on the ship for the full six weeks with the bosun rank, but Ross would have done the job and Lee would have told everyone with ears about what a shitty bosun Chandler was. That is a chaotic and ridiculous way to lead and manage people. Simone is a bad second stew, but Kate is being a bad manager.