How i became a supervisor with no power

I took this job as a machine shop supervisor and agreed to teach and mentor this 20 something year old kid. its been nothing but nightmare. this kid is typical next generation douche. he keeps screwing off i caught him on cameras the boss dismisses it making my job difficult. because i cant do anything with this punk. i always get a excuse for every time i see screwing off or distracting other employees standing there talking. i will walk around him and the other employee but he does not take himself to his machine like he should or would kind makes you feel he can is untouchable. my boss does not stand by me and that is not helping me do my job. so being fustrated to the point i wanna punch this kid just for the sake of getting no relief. this kid has made me a fool hand fulls of times..its like the boss is afraid of letting him go..because finding a replacement not in the cards because of help or hiring expensive because of demand is high and i hear that all the time..i even considered leaving my job due to his punk ass but i have a good thing going with my work schedule where i can drop and pick up my little kid. i bet many out there have experienced this type of b s. we hired another same aged kid only older and these guys seem to want to get paid for not knowing anything or seem entitled. this kid says when he gets a raise he wants a dollar. i tried to tell him knowledge is power that is only way to get better pay. yet he shrugs it off as if i am lame. lol i recently caught him on my laptop webcam screwing off with the other employee and me working around him again..yet he says he was teaching my worker about a part of the equiptment when i know thats just is b s its an excuse to get away when he is caught. frankly if my boss doesnt stand by me i am going to flip out. my boss says did you ask him what he was doing? the video is self explaining even with bad sound i said i did not need to i knew what he was doing..and that he was screwing off and there was nothing i could do about it unless i tell him to go work in a stern way. this loser told me awhile back he use to work for a toy store and explained to me how he made a fool of his boss at that job i feel he thinks i am that same boss lol these young kids nowadays are nuts

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BonusOnus (02/15/2012) You need to tell your boss that you need to have supervisory power over the young kid. If the boss won't grant it to you, request that you transfer the kid to another supervisor (if there is another one). The other thing is that it's possible that the kid is connected somehow. He might be the owner's son or nephew or your manager's friend's son. Do you know enough about the young kid? Some intelligence work, such as asking how he got the job, might provide some valuable insight. Mg (01/02/2013) So appreciate for teaching me a lot! charmingdate review