u/Specialist_Way8733

I can’t be the only one who notices this but why are SOME Indo-Caribbeans so obsessed with proving they have money or bragging? It’s like every convo has to be about so-and-so’s job and salary and who makes more than who, who’s car costs more, etc.

Like I understand they grew up back home with nothing but this is a toxic behaviour that needs to stop. A lot of aunt’s and uncles behave this way but are drowning in debt. They’ll go buy something on their credit card just to prove they can and they always always worry “wha people guh say” and about looking “cheap”.

And this doesn’t just go for the older generation.. even young kids born in North America act the same way too. You meet a random Indo Caribbean guy somewhere and they’re always “rich”. Gotta talk about their job, the new car they bought, etc.

What makes this bad is that a lot of these people are gonna put themselves in debt or work to death just to prove something and outdo each other. And I know this happens in other cultures too but indo Caribbean’s definitely do it A LOT more than other races I’ve met.

I’d love to read some comments about this topic

My mom has stage 4 cancer and I’ve been her primary caregiver for the last 3 years. I take her to appointments, treatments, scans, bloodwork, and pretty much anything else she needs. The rest of my family barely helps, yet they all tell me it’s my duty to take care of her because “she raised you.”

The problem is I’m really struggling with how I feel.
Growing up, she had an affair with a married man, refused to tell me who my dad is, and everyone in my family has kept his identity from me. I’ve never met him or even had the chance to decide for myself if I wanted a relationship with him. That alone has caused me a lot of resentment.

She also never saved anything for my education, used my credit card and took forever to pay me back, made me miss work to drive her places for things that weren’t urgent, spent my grandfather’s life insurance money renovating the house instead of helping with my future, sold family gold, and was barely around when I was growing up because she spent so much time with her boyfriend. There was even a situation where she used my grandfather’s credit card, changed the billing address, and it eventually resulted in a $30,000 lien that our family had to deal with.

Now I’m expected to put my entire life on hold while everyone else in the family lives freely. They tell me I owe her because she raised me, but I honestly feel like I’ve done more for her in the last 3 years than she did for me growing up.

I feel guilty even writing this because she is sick and I don’t want her to suffer. At the same time, I can’t pretend that everything that happened before her diagnosis never happened.

Has anyone else been in a situation where they loved a parent enough to care for them, but still carried years of resentment? How did you deal with it?

I’m a supervisor at a manufacturing plant. An employee was terminated after HR and management reviewed multiple complaints, documented incidents, and a pattern of ongoing issues.

Beyond the complaints, he regularly underperformed, made excuses when targets weren’t met, left his station to wander the plant, and even ignored basic workplace expectations like parking properly and not double parking.

Afterward, he sent me a long text claiming one coworker set him up and that we only believed her side.

The problem is that the decision was never about one person.

There were multiple concerns from different employees, documented performance and conduct issues, and HR approved the termination.

I explained that the decision was based on several documented concerns and was final. He still focused entirely on proving that one coworker was lying.

Has anyone else dealt with an employee who was convinced they were the victim despite a long history of documented issues?

Also, while escorting him out he started arguing with one of the people who complained & I had to threaten to call the cops for him to leave.

So as the title says, I’m younger than most of my team. I’m 25.

I was hired as an external candidate for a manufacturing supervisor position. I manage roughly 40 direct reports and 13 temp workers.

I’m 4 months into the role & for the most part, everyone respects me, does what I ask, etc. I’ve never had to “over compensate” for my age. However, I do get certain people who’ve tried to test boundaries because I’m the same age as their kids to be fair.. I’ve always just held my composure and stayed firm with my directions.

I think what’s worked for me is treating everyone with respect. I grew up as an only child so I’m guessing maybe that’s helped because all my life I’ve mostly interacted with adults.

Anyways, does anyone have more advice to help me do a better job? I’m sure whenever I go next will give me older reports too.

I was hired into a manufacturing supervisor role a few months ago with no prior formal supervisor experience. Since then, my shift’s performance has improved significantly and my manager has started involving me in discussions about meetings, process changes, staffing decisions, and other operational topics.

One thing I’m struggling with is that I want to learn more of the technical side of the operation (equipment, processes, troubleshooting, etc.) because I feel it would help me make better decisions as a leader. My manager seems to prefer that I stay focused on the people and management side rather than getting too deep into the technical details.

For those of you in operations or plant leadership, how technical should a supervisor become? Is it better to focus on leadership and let the technical experts handle the equipment side, or should I be pushing to learn as much as possible?
Interested to hear from people who moved from supervisor to manager and beyond.

I’m looking for some honest career advice from people who have moved up in operations/manufacturing leadership.

I’m 25 and a few months ago I was hired externally into my first formal supervisor role at a manufacturing company. I supervise roughly 35-40 employees across multiple departments on a shift basis.

Before this, I ran my own service business for about a year and a half. It wasn’t a failure, but I eventually shut it down and decided to pursue leadership in manufacturing. Getting hired into this role was a surprise to me because there were internal candidates with much more technical knowledge and years of experience.

The role has been a crash course in leadership. I’ve had to learn investigations, discipline, attendance management, incident reporting, staffing, conflict resolution, production planning, cross-functional coordination, and working closely with HR.

One thing I’ve struggled with is confidence. Some days I feel like I don’t know enough, especially when I’m surrounded by people who have been doing this for 10, 20, or even 30+ years. Other days I look at the results and realize we’ve made significant improvements since I started.

Recently, my shift hit one of the highest production days it’s had in a long time. When I started, our shift was significantly behind the others. Now we’re on pace to potentially catch or surpass the other shifts on a year-to-date basis if the trend continues.

I’ve also started pushing for more cross-training and process improvements to reduce dependency on a few key employees.
My long-term goal is to eventually move into operations management, plant management, supply chain leadership, or another senior operations role. I’m not necessarily tied to my current employer forever, but I want to maximize my growth over the next few years.

For those of you who have moved from supervisor to manager/director-level roles:

What skills should I focus on developing now?

What separates good supervisors from future managers?

How much should I focus on technical knowledge versus people leadership?

What mistakes did you make early in your leadership career?

If you were in my shoes at 25, what would you do over the next 2-3 years to accelerate your growth?

Looking for honest feedback, even if it’s critical.