Opinion ID: 491745
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Employees' Perception

Text: 19 Yuba argues that Adamson was perceived as a supervisor by his fellow employees and, therefore, is entitled to supervisory status. Yuba relies on Chicago Metallic where we held, An employee who technically may not satisfy the statutory criteria of Section 2(11) nevertheless may be accorded supervisory status when he is perceived to be a supervisor by other employees. 794 F.2d at 532. 20 The Chicago Metallic court considered the perception of fellow employees because it was faced with a borderline case. Such is not the case here. Further, the perceptions of Yuba's employees concerning Adamson's supervisory status are far weaker here than in Chicago Metallic. In Chicago Metallic, employees believed that their supervisor, Picazzo, had authority to terminate and discipline employees, issue written reprimands, train new employees and prepare evaluations. Id. at 531. Here, the record demonstrates that two employees, Martin Poe and Ernie Gilmore, believed that they worked under Adamson. There is no evidence, however, that Gilmore and Poe believed Adamson wielded the kind of authority possessed by Picazzo in Chicago Metallic. They merely alleged that they considered Adamson to be their boss in a vague and undefined sense.