Mentors not wanting to stay

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by michael5402

One of our biggest problems this year is our mentors not wanting to stay and letting us work on the robot. We have had several times where we asked them to stay later and we are told we are done when they want to go home. We only have three mentors and two of them rotate days to watch us. We have all so had days where we did not have school, not weather related, and we asked them to come in and they wouldn't. We currently have the robot in the bag not completed that we bagged around 6 o'clock yesterday because they did not want to stay later. Several people on our team feel like they are there to just baby sit us. Any time we have tried to talk to them it seems like the response always is you will do what I say and usually is in a raised tone of voice.

I was just wondering if any other teams have had problems with there mentors and them wanting to stay. I know it is hard on three of them but they knew what they signed up for.

What did they sign up for?

Keep in mind your mentors are donating their time to be at the shop with you and not every mentor is capable of staying all hours a team could possibly meet. Maybe it is something to have a team discussion over but keep an open mind to what your mentors can or cannot give. Just like sponsors you need mentors to run.