What would you have done?
Hey all, I’m a heavy duty mechanic student and need advice on how to handle this in the future. I’m on a team of three with two other guys who have been working together for 3 terms, this is my 1st term. We were removing and installing a clutch and transmission, our instructor will typically ask me where we’re at because I can typically describe what’s going on, where we’re at or what we’re doing next keeping everything going. I wasn’t there yesterday (got hired as a lube tech/ orientation) and they struggled.
One of the guys said the instructor was giving them a really hard time the whole day, when the instructor saw me, the first thing he asked was where were my photos and if I remember correctly where some wires went because these guys said I was working on them. Those both were lies, these guys were pushing blame trying to cover their ass not knowing I already had told my instructor I wasn’t going to be there.
The day before I told one of the guys I was P/O he didn’t take photos when he said he did, but “it was okay and we will move forward and I’ll continue to take photos in the future and move on”. It pissed me the fuck off they were so quick to throw me under the bus to cover their ass. I pulled them both aside with the instructor and called them on their bullshit. This isn’t the first time this has happened.
What would you do if someone is trying to blame you for their shit work?
EDIT: these guys guys complained that me dropping bolts in the shop the day before and got me suspended for the rest of the day AFTER calling them out on lying about me working on shit i didn’t do. The instructor agreed it was BS, but school said me addressing it was “a disruption” for calling them out. Maybe this field just isn’t for me 🤷♀️ I setup, arrive 30 mins early clean up after, help other people, drive the forklift. Work ethic doesn’t mean shit to admin