+1 It is always “why in the hell didn’t I do that months ago”.
Erich Kaiser North Central Tower er...@northcentraltower.com Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > In my experience bad employees are unfixable. > I have never fired someone and said “gee, maybe I should have given them > another chance” > It is always “why in the hell didn’t I do that months ago”. > > And I have had 100s of employees. > > *From:* Josh Reynolds > *Sent:* Saturday, July 22, 2017 4:44 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Complaining Employees > > Counsel. Meh! > > On Jul 22, 2017 5:44 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > >> Quantify their deficiencies. >> >> If you find the same thing done wrong over and over, councel them on the >> topic. Maybe they are doing it how they thought it was supposed to be done, >> maybe not. >> >> If the list is large and diverse, have a sit down with them. List the >> issues you have in a calm and collected way, and the number of times you >> found those issues. See how they react. >> >> It might be they are having issues at home that are carrying over into >> their thoughts at work. It could be that they think they are doing better >> than they are, and need a reality check. >> >> In the end if you want people to respect you, respect them. Hold them >> accountable for their failures and encourage them when they succeed. You >> are part of their development and success for this industry and for your >> business. >> >> I'm sure many here on this list would disagree... Yeah well, that's just >> like, their opinion, man. >> >> I wouldn't want to work with them or for them anyway :) >> >> On Jul 22, 2017 5:23 PM, "Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> >> wrote: >> >>> How do you deal with employees that seem to always be complaining about >>> some aspect of their job, and always have an excuse for why something was >>> done wrong? They think they are dedicated, claim they want to be >>> dedicated, but repeatedly fail to produce, create work for others, fail to >>> perform even the simplest of tasks properly and while, when met with, will >>> say they understand and are working to improve - fail to improve. >>> >>> Is this behavior fixable? Thoughts? >>> >>
