So I’m getting a promotion soon (yay!), moving up from just a line cook to sous-chef and I’ve only been with this company for a few months. Thing is that I’m still quite young (mid twenties) and will be the direct supervisor of some people a fair bit older than I am. Think 10-20 years older. It might just still be a bit of imposter syndrome, but the idea of having to tell people who have been in the business for far longer than I what to do and such really weirds me out.
I feel I wouldn’t like it if “some young brat” that just got hired almost immediately gets a promotion and becomes my supervisor eventhough I worked at the company for far longer. Though maybe not everyone feels like this.
Do other people who have experience with a situation like this have any advice on how to deal with this? It’s kinda been keeping me up at night…
I’ve been really,really lucky with this job. There’s a pretty decent shortage in good cooks/chefs here, so conditions have been really favourable. And in turns of unpain overtime, I clock in via an app as soon as I arrive and only clock out when I leave. every minute I’m in there I get paided, except breaks required by law.
Also, I know at least one guy who’s been there for over 7 years has had his eye on it. He apparently declined it a few years ago, but with the new rotation in staff there he’s made it very known he wants it,.