"You'll be taking over the Site Manager's job!"
That's what management told me Tuesday morning when I came in to work at a plant where I was loaned out all last week because their silo operator was on vacation. The site manager got sick on the weekend and I was asked to come in and work in his place Monday. Tuesday morning I walked in as a mere peon and walked out as the site manager. NEVER SAW IT COMING! I figured there would at least be some intermediate step or something, but NO!
I can't even figure out what their thought process was...
Boss: "Hey, was Matt there in a timely manner this morning?"
Boss' Assistant: "Yes sir, right on time."
Boss: "Oh good, just make him the new Site Manager then..."
Boss' Assistant: "No problem, will do."
Seriously, WTF? Has this happened to anyone else?