Working At Fedex Express, My Boss Brian Buchwald - 884 Words

Working at FedEx Express, I had the privilege to interview my boss Brian Buchwald. We share the same work ethic background with the both of us serving in the military but serving in different branches. Brian served in the Army for 6 years, and then served in the Air Force for another 6 years after exiting the Army. Brian just recently got promoted to Operations Manager at FedEx Express after being with the company for only 3 years, which is quite incredible From the interview with Brian, his comments really brought back memories of the work ethics and leadership from the military. Even though, Brian exited the military as an E-6 in the Air Force and I exited the Army as an E-5. A lot of managers would have to attend classes and training†¦show more content†¦Being in a Leadership position doesn’t mean that the managers or supervisors get to do whatever they want, but they do have to lead by example. There have been times where the both of us have experienced certain e vents where we can hold specific friendships with our soldiers. Better way to explain is when the uniform comes on, it’s strictly business. We couldn’t hang out with the soldiers outside of work so that there wouldn’t be any favoritism in any working environment with our soldiers. It’s all about the way he treated his soldiers and how he took care of his soldiers. From his words, â€Å"If you take care of your people, your people take care of you.† It’s not all about dictatorship, yelling at your soldiers and the rank on your chest. â€Å"Taking care of your people is a manager’s first priority† coming from Brian. Being the umbrella or the shield for you people is basically what managers do to take care of their employees. Every company, whether if it was in the military or outside of the military, that every employee has to follow and that’s the proper â€Å"Chain of Command.† Basically if anything happens inside of work, whether if it’s an incident or a traffic citation, he would want to be informed immediately just so he could keep his group â€Å"off the radar† from the Senior Operations Manager. When talking