Staff... The Real Story

Well as most of you know I was demoted recently. I was demoted for a valid reason, inactivity. However, I am very disappointed in the way the higher staff handled my demotion. First off, I let them know I was going to be inactive for a little bit while baseball season was in full gear. I was told it was fine and all good, I even told them to let me know if my activity was too bad and I would do something about it. Surprisingly, I was not messaged until after I was demoted. I received no warning that a demotion was incoming and I was even on just hours before and no one bothered to tell me. Now everything has a lesson in it, this one is for the higher staff members. Display a level of professional courtesy and don't just demote someone. A better way to handle the situation would have been to pm me saying "Hey, your activity has been very poor and try and get it straight in a week. If not we will have to demote you." If I was pm'ed this I would have had no hard feelings. I would have much rather resigned then been demoted. So please, next time you are about to demote someone, display professional courtesy.

My time was great, peace out
~PuckMiner

 

I felt the same way about a year and 5 months ago Puck. I'm sorry that happened to you :/
Hope your baseball season goes well Puck

 

Thanks

 

This is truly disappointing.

 

I'm sure you know that if I had any knowledge of this I would have let you know. Either way, I'm sad to see you off the team. Come join us again once baseball is over

 

+9999 respect points to you sir

 

It's fine, I don't know who made the call but as I said it is high staff that I'm disappointed in, not you guys.

 

Castro had this exact same thing, except that it wasn't for inactivity. I'm not surprised that the higher staff never pm'ed you about your demotion.
You were, again, a good staff member. I hope you can come join the staff team again.

 

You were a pretty chill, and hardworking helper. Tbh, I think that when it ends you should skip the application and just get interviewed for it.

 

I wanna see what an admin or s mod is gonna say when they see this

 

Communication at it's finest

+1 Staff, and yet we wonder...

 

Hey Puck, first off I apologize we had to make a decision to demote you; You had a lot of potential and unfortunately it wasn't really being utilized do to being busy irl. I also apologize that we/I didn't message you in advance and say your activity was becoming a problem to the verge of demotion, I do believe you would've taken some effort to make for time for Meep. The issue, however, is that your activity was vastly below mostly every other staff, and when we talked about your activity we kept getting that you're busy with baseball but you'd be more active soon. This had went on for weeks and weeks, everytime I messaged you to say thanks for your work, you'd be clearly obvious that your inactivity was very subpar. I'd get the same response "I'm very busy with baseball but I'll be more active soon". It basically got to the point that we believed you would be better off focusing on irl and not having to bother with worrying about staff. I believe if I would've gave you a warning it'd be mean and unfair to make you take valuable time from your irl schedule just so you can avoid a demotion.

Like I said Puck, you've got tons of potential and I'd really like to work with you again. You're a great worker and a good friend. We just both know you didn't quite have the time to dedicate to Meep this time around. I wish you all the best and I hope you kick some but in Baseball.

 

another good staff member gone, but what are ya gonna do puck.
meep > having a real life lol
you never win

 

y not just demote half the admins and fuzzlr then...

/╲/\╭༼ * ಠ 益 ಠ * ༽╮/\╱\

 

can't believe this happened tbh.. logged in just to type this.

but having a life is way more fun. enjoy life and don't stress out about this.

 

PuckMiner,

After reading your thread I must say I was a bit surprised that instead of replying to the messages you were sent you decided to post half of the truth on a thread. You were valued as a member of the staff team for quite some time. I did not meet one member of the team that had anything negative to say about you other than inactivity. I agree that you were on just hours before being removed from the staff team and while on you were messaged two times which both messages were not responded to. Also during the time on no time was given to helping the community with modreqs, forum staff work etc. When no reply was received you were removed from the staff team and sent a message that thanked you for your great service and you were asked to re-apply when time allowed you to devote more time. As Deljikho mentioned above you were asked about the inactivity on more than one occasion, followed by messages prior to final mail on forums. Based on this the thread you wrote is kind of confusing as I would not have expected a misinforming thread from you.
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(This is the message you were sent word for word)
"Thank you for the time you gave to the server as a member of the staff team. Due to inactivity we have removed you from the staff team. I hope you when time allows keep enjoying MeepCraft. If in the future you can devote more time to the team please re-apply. Thank You”
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As it states I hope when time allows to see you on MeepCraft. I still think you were a great staff member and great person.

 

Puck I like ya a lot but,
1. How many times were you talked to about your activity?

2. We waited a week to talk to you in person but you never replied.

 

Every staff demotion = moan moan moan get a grip. If you feel so insulted by this talk to the team face to face.

The last thing staff need is more bad exposure. If you have advice inform them, not add it to the forums where half the community are looking for ammunition to fire at staff.

So frustrating watching this staff team get so much bad feedback even though all they do is try their best.

The demotion was just. And as for you I wouldn't blame them if they demoted me and wouldn't care that much as its understandable. They want a team fully focused on trying to make a better meep. Activity is a must even when it cannot be helped.

 

High staff is not there to nag people who volunteer for a job to do the job. The simple question is: How long were you inactive? If the answer is "weeks", I woulda demoted you a lot sooner, probably.

It's really a simple concept.