Dr. MK (Fictional Name) was a final year junior resident (JR) in Surgery Department in AIIMS, New Delhi. As expected in the very hectic and busy work schedule of the junior residents in AIIMS, many times Dr. MK work used to be incomplete and he used to be reprimanded by the senior resident in the unit.
Dr. MK passed his MS exam (Mastery of Surgery) and got selected for the post of senior resident (SR) in AIIMS itself. By chance, he got posted as a senior resident in the same unit in which he was junior resident.
Those junior residents with whom he used to behave like friends and colleagues had now become his juniors. By virtue of his post, he was entrusted to control them and discipline them if they were found lacking in their work. He now had to point out and discipline the junior residents in the unit for the same mistakes he used to commit as a junior resident in the past.
Once a junior resident pointed out, ‘MK you are getting angry at us for the same mistakes that you used to commit when you were junior resident like us.’
Dr. MK sagely replied, ‘When I used to commit these mistakes as a junior resident then I was lacking in my duties in the past. But if I let you commit the same mistakes then I am not fulfilling my duties as a senior resident in the present. Just because I had made some mistakes in my past is no excuse to let you also commit the same mistakes in the present.’
A similar problem is faced by many when they get promoted and become the officer/boss/in-charge/supervisor of the people of the same unit/division/ office in which they used to work. The juniors, who were their colleagues in the past, do not take them seriously. Many times the junior tries to raise the point that even you were committing the same mistakes when you were in their post.
First, show strictness and firmness from the moment you assume your new post. Give a clear message that even if you were lacking in your work in the past, you will not tolerate them as their officer/supervisor.
If possible, it is better to get transferred and start fresh in a new unit/branch/ division when you get promoted that such a problem be avoided altogether. Some companies follow this policy of mandatory transfer to some other office when a person gets promoted for the same reason.
With the passage of time, the memory of your shortcomings during your junior post will fade from everyone memories. You can, later on, get transferred to the same unit/division/branch after some times when your new identity as the superior officer has become well established that you will not face any problem in controlling your present juniors.
(Based on an allegedly true incident)
— ND
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