Stand Down
Today I signed away my platoon sergeant slot in Delta for reasons that I was too passive.
It all started two weeks ago when I was told I was too passive in running the company. If someone else could improve the tasks that I carried out, they would receive the position. This person would be under constant evaluation and was expected to perform better than I had done. That doesn't sound fair huh? If someone is told that they are being evaluated and will receive the job if they do better, then obviously they will put in the effort. Sounds like a crazy idea to me.
Apparently I was too passive to have started off the company since day one. It was the big and little things I emphasized for my platoon of upperclassmen that were not noticed. During this time I had written award recommendations, counseling statements, taken accountability, marched formations, put the door cards up, the list just goes on. And a big Delta community service project that I had been planning with the XO was still under progress.
And the community service project did go as planned, as highly expected of me. I thought the day after I got bank, I could get my job back and resume my position. And so I was verbally fired the day after my community service event in which I was expected to carry out. 23 Delta 2nd PLT and 10 Delta 1st PLT members went to the Vermont Food Bank. At the VFB, these cadets repackaged meat into boxes to be shipped to distributing centers for a total of 181.5 manpower hours. And when I requested the reason why I was asked to stand down: "You are too passive". I was too passive? Too passive to push people to go to formations? Too passive to tell upperclassmen to go to a food bank drive? Too passive to tell them to provide transportation to cadets and freshmen to conduct a community service obligation? bullshit. To passive to make people go to formations?
And so I did sign away my company today, an organization that I helped build and organize signed off to someone else. And I did it because I am ashamed of those who made this decision to relieve me of my position. That their decision was based on the idea that they wanted more of an "asshole" to run the company. The next day I asked why, and also the day after I also asked why with more reasons: "What did I do wrong sir?, "What did I do wrong again sir?". The answers were the same: "We need more of an asshole to run the platoon". How do I get replaced when I am doing my job properly, when Delta 1st PLT are doing what they are supposed to do? I do not feel that I was given a legitimate excuse as to why I had to stand down.
But I know what I did was right. I thought I could work so hard and prove myself to get my job back, even if I was in charge of fulfilling Delta's community service obligation at the Vermont Food Bank, where the XO and the new person taking charge of the company were not even present.
Well, I don't have to give a damn anymore. I'm going to let this pass. This is something I'm going to let go and that I didn't give up. I'll let the next sucker waste his time to running Delta 1st PLT. All I have to worry about are my 22 credits and contracting (this security package is huuugeeee)
I am glad that this has happened to me because I just realized how much time I've wasted.. Unfortunately, it all boils down to my conclusion that some people in this Corps of Cadets and the people who run it are in an assembly of favoritism. I got replaced only because my chain of command thought someone could do a better job than I did. Only in the Corps can you get fired for doing your job. Only in the Corps is where actions do not speak louder than words. I am, I was, a tool for Delta company to conduct community service obligations only to get spit in the face, get fired the next day after. Corps of Cadets, what a bunch of fucking morons. Please continue to play favorites because I am not that stupid.
There can be no second chance, therefore I say, fuck this corps and all that it stands for; ask me if I give a damn.
In short, on the evening after Delta accomplished it's community service obligation.
1: "P i'm firing you because you suck at your job and I like this particular person."
2: "You're really not suited for this job"
Me: "What did I do wrong?"
1: "Nothing, I just feel that your talents lie in doing community service and not being platoon sergeant"
Me: ..... (me in silent contemplation... "fuck you")
Because of this day, I lost my trust in my Corps of Cadets. I deserved a second chance but I never got one. Rather than explaining my strengths and weaknesses and letting me improve, their idea was to replace me. Complete disregard for the transportation that I got for these freshmen, my fucking organization is there, my planning, my interpersonal skills in getting these kids to go. How do I ask an upperclassmen to use their own POV to transport freshmen over the weekend? Instead I got spit in the face, and all I have to say is that this Corps is a fucking travesty. In the end it's all about respect, DDDIDS.
BooYeaH
New goal: Contracting is the Mission
It all started two weeks ago when I was told I was too passive in running the company. If someone else could improve the tasks that I carried out, they would receive the position. This person would be under constant evaluation and was expected to perform better than I had done. That doesn't sound fair huh? If someone is told that they are being evaluated and will receive the job if they do better, then obviously they will put in the effort. Sounds like a crazy idea to me.
Apparently I was too passive to have started off the company since day one. It was the big and little things I emphasized for my platoon of upperclassmen that were not noticed. During this time I had written award recommendations, counseling statements, taken accountability, marched formations, put the door cards up, the list just goes on. And a big Delta community service project that I had been planning with the XO was still under progress.
And the community service project did go as planned, as highly expected of me. I thought the day after I got bank, I could get my job back and resume my position. And so I was verbally fired the day after my community service event in which I was expected to carry out. 23 Delta 2nd PLT and 10 Delta 1st PLT members went to the Vermont Food Bank. At the VFB, these cadets repackaged meat into boxes to be shipped to distributing centers for a total of 181.5 manpower hours. And when I requested the reason why I was asked to stand down: "You are too passive". I was too passive? Too passive to push people to go to formations? Too passive to tell upperclassmen to go to a food bank drive? Too passive to tell them to provide transportation to cadets and freshmen to conduct a community service obligation? bullshit. To passive to make people go to formations?
And so I did sign away my company today, an organization that I helped build and organize signed off to someone else. And I did it because I am ashamed of those who made this decision to relieve me of my position. That their decision was based on the idea that they wanted more of an "asshole" to run the company. The next day I asked why, and also the day after I also asked why with more reasons: "What did I do wrong sir?, "What did I do wrong again sir?". The answers were the same: "We need more of an asshole to run the platoon". How do I get replaced when I am doing my job properly, when Delta 1st PLT are doing what they are supposed to do? I do not feel that I was given a legitimate excuse as to why I had to stand down.
But I know what I did was right. I thought I could work so hard and prove myself to get my job back, even if I was in charge of fulfilling Delta's community service obligation at the Vermont Food Bank, where the XO and the new person taking charge of the company were not even present.
Well, I don't have to give a damn anymore. I'm going to let this pass. This is something I'm going to let go and that I didn't give up. I'll let the next sucker waste his time to running Delta 1st PLT. All I have to worry about are my 22 credits and contracting (this security package is huuugeeee)
I am glad that this has happened to me because I just realized how much time I've wasted.. Unfortunately, it all boils down to my conclusion that some people in this Corps of Cadets and the people who run it are in an assembly of favoritism. I got replaced only because my chain of command thought someone could do a better job than I did. Only in the Corps can you get fired for doing your job. Only in the Corps is where actions do not speak louder than words. I am, I was, a tool for Delta company to conduct community service obligations only to get spit in the face, get fired the next day after. Corps of Cadets, what a bunch of fucking morons. Please continue to play favorites because I am not that stupid.
There can be no second chance, therefore I say, fuck this corps and all that it stands for; ask me if I give a damn.
In short, on the evening after Delta accomplished it's community service obligation.
1: "P i'm firing you because you suck at your job and I like this particular person."
2: "You're really not suited for this job"
Me: "What did I do wrong?"
1: "Nothing, I just feel that your talents lie in doing community service and not being platoon sergeant"
Me: ..... (me in silent contemplation... "fuck you")
Because of this day, I lost my trust in my Corps of Cadets. I deserved a second chance but I never got one. Rather than explaining my strengths and weaknesses and letting me improve, their idea was to replace me. Complete disregard for the transportation that I got for these freshmen, my fucking organization is there, my planning, my interpersonal skills in getting these kids to go. How do I ask an upperclassmen to use their own POV to transport freshmen over the weekend? Instead I got spit in the face, and all I have to say is that this Corps is a fucking travesty. In the end it's all about respect, DDDIDS.
BooYeaH
New goal: Contracting is the Mission