Boy is that true.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Joe Falaschi <listm...@wi.net> wrote: > We had a guy like this - on paper the most willing to work and a company > man through and through. I feel like we were in your same situation > though. Eventually he got in a situation where our hand was forced to let > him go. Now that it’s happened we have found employees who are much better > all around. It’s kind of like his willingness to do whatever it takes was > to cover up for the other issues. Think about it but from someone who has > let a fair share of people go through the years, I’ve never regretted it > after it was done. Some of our staff who still keeps in touch with him is > like, whatever you do, don’t bring him back. Or xyz strikes again. It’s > only after the fact that you fully realize the full extent of how bad > things probably are. > > Joe > > > On Jul 23, 2017, at 6:27 AM, Matt Hoppes <mattlists@ > rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > > And this is where things get weird and why he's still around. > > The answer to these questions is - yes. > > He will respond to an outage regardless of where he is or what he's doing. > > He has responded to problems on days off. > > He honestly seems like he WANTS to do things. But possibly lacks the > ability to do things. > > Some things can be taught. Others can't. I'm just struggling to make sure > I'm making the right decision. > > On Jul 22, 2017, at 11:26 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In all seriousness, from a guy who takes his job way too serious... not > only is a problematic employee an issue in the normal sense to the company, > but he qill cost you good employees, the dedicated kind who will give you > their blood in a pinch. > Do you think the problematic guy will leave his kids birthday party to > come get ten of your customers up? ..... he wont > Do you think he will spend his spare time discussing industry issues, > maintain a handful of social media sock account to ensure he has access to > trending issues.... he wont > Will he work late on the day hes supposed to leave on a vacation to make > sure everything is good while hes gone ... he wont. > Will he own issues and show up after hours to come fix them because its > his fault... he wont > I know the guy youre talking about. Not by name, or face, but hes common, > and he costs alot of companiea their growth. Do you think at the end of the > day he cares.... he doesnt. > > The point is, the guys who will do the above, unless theyre ignorant > gluttons for punishment who dont have it in them to walk away, will walk > away while youre cupping this guys balls.... seriously, dont cup the balls. > This is how workplace shootings ignite. Grow your company cull the herd. > > On Jul 22, 2017 9:59 PM, "Forrest Christian (List Account)" < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > > There was an fairly young employee at the wisp which was a general screw > up. After no end of second chances with no real change, they finally > canned him. This was several years ago. > > One day a while back I was down at the wisp and this employee is working > for the wisp again. Apparently after getting fired, he spent a couple > years growing up. I've even heard of him chastising another installer for > some of the crap he used to pull. > > My point is that sometimes getting fired is a better wake up call than > giving an employee a second chance > > On Jul 22, 2017 8:16 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > >> How do you gain wisdom without failure? >> >> We can try to learn from others, but those lessons are far less effective. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Matt Hoppes >> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >> > So let me throw another question out. >> > >> > Say the guy does an OK job at installs, but he wants to do more. But he >> > completely screws up the "more" any time he's tried to do it. >> > >> > How do you handle that situation? I'm willing to let my main issues >> slide >> > on account of the Peter Principle if he can do OK installs. But he says >> > over and over he doesn't want to do installs forever. >> > >> > So will he be unhappy? Demoralized? Etc, if that's all I keep him on? >> I >> > feel like yes. >> > >> > I'm in a really difficult position right now and need to figure out how >> to >> > address it next week.. =\ >> > >> > Yeah Employees! >> > > >
