u/Longjumping_Range238

I work for a research station. I've heard that on forests, many higher-up (district foresters, district bios, rec leads, etc.) folks aren't "officially" supervisors. They pretty much do all the supervision of seasonal staff except for some of the formal paperwork. I've heard that this is the case especially so that these employees can be represented by NFFE. Can anybody who works on a forest chime in? Is this true?

Trying to decide if a supervisory pd is right for me when the chances of hiring seasonal staff are so low, plus I don't want to give up union rep. It doesn't seem like there are many benefits to becoming an official supervisor. Thank you.