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More Questions: Why So Afraid to Fire Problem Employees?January 27, 2010 I am breaking from tradition this week and substituting my peeve (slash treat) with a question, because I am fascinated by a pattern that has emerged in the comments of an older post about handling problem employees. It is by far our most interactive entry, but what strikes me are the consistent similarities in the questions put forth by the people who write in. Managers list a litany of bad, and sometimes horrifying behaviors of someone on their staff or in their company and then ask what they can or should do about it. Of course the obvious answer jumps out right away and is more often than not, “Fire him (or her).” But that is not always so easy, because the organization itself stands in the way. I don’t get that. These employees are sucking the life out of the manager, team members and business itself, yet someone, somewhere in the chain of command is afraid to let them go? Everyone pussyfoots around the issue and the employee, as if prolonging the relationship is going to help the problem. But for all of us who have been in that situation, we know that it doesn’t. These troublemakers? They’re not worth it. They require way too much work in exchange for little-to-no results. They tax resources. They kill the spirit of an organization. They demoralize a team. They taint morale. I mean, what is there to think about? Why do we hold onto people who don’t help the organization and hurt it instead? Why aren’t the business and the trouble-free employees more important than the ones disrupting and infecting the overall health of the organization? It makes no sense!
Posted by Donna Flagg on January 27, 2010 | Comments (4) Industries: Human Resources
January 28, 2010
In response to: More Questions: Why So Afraid to Fire Problem Employees? hop frog commented: perception is reality sometimes a strong employee angers a small minded male manager just by being strong and moral .
January 30, 2010
In response to: More Questions: Why So Afraid to Fire Problem Employees? kitchen designer commented: You are totally correct. more bosses just need to put their foot down. hopefully, places with employees like that are reading your comment and taking your advice... whoever wrote the last comment-no idea what they meant, and if someone is strong and moral, they probably wouldnt be in the category she was describing, correct??
January 30, 2010
In response to: More Questions: Why So Afraid to Fire Problem Employees? Donna commented: Not sure. I was wondering about that post myself. I also wasn't clear what being a male manager had to do with it either. Thanks!
February 3, 2010
In response to: More Questions: Why So Afraid to Fire Problem Employees? JAQ commented: First Question we had when topic of termination came up. Do we have good documentation on failures or inadequacy of employee? No matter what the issue is the employee will file for unemployment, bad attitude and downer personallity qualifies them to suck from the unemployment rolls. (Note: Employers must pay into this fund, look at it as an embedded employee tax.) Often people only want to get hired so they can be fired and collect UE. The ambitious ones can work for cash on the side and actually make more than they would have made by simply working the original job. The lazy one's can actually make enough to qualify fo rother hand outs. I have had people turn down a job offer of 15/hour with guarnateed 40 hr per week because they made more not working. The employer / employee relationship has been made adversarial by these government programs and past legal decisions. You hear obout hte old days when a person worked for the same company for life. All it takes is one "bad" employee... The employer is not the enemy, the fellow bad employee is. If an Employee doesn't monitor their fellow employees, do not be surprised when the Owner simply cleans house, it is the only (legal - read fair)thing to do.
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