Well, I work at a restaurant. I was promoted to a shift leader about 6 months ago and everything had gone to Hell [way before I had been promoted through the first few weeks I was on the new job.] People were stealing, etc. When I informed her about all this, she began to show up at work every day, open to close.

Well, when I was first promoted, I had no guidance whatsoever on any of the policies. + most of the things that were going wrong when I was promoted were transferred over from when the people in power before me abused their power.

Do you think she’ll stay open to close much longer? I don’t think she realizes I have control of the situation NOW, and people perform better under me when she’s not there, because they’re able to take charge of their job [without being yelled at or put down]. ie: Coming up with newer and faster ways to become more efficient without her approval.

She’s just a ticking time bomb. She puts everyone on edge. How can I assure her I have control in a nice way, so she’ll leave!?