I recently saw one of the worst resumes I have ever seen. This guy had 25-30 jobs listed over a 9 year period. I gave him some feedback and said to toss most of them and lie about the dates on the others otherwise he will be chronically unemployed for the rest of his life.
From: Chris Fabien Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:34 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Problem employees Ken, we have an open position currently and I'd say 90% of the resumes that come thru have what I would consider a garbage work history. Random assortment of unrelated job roles, most for less than a year. Clearly no attempt or success at anything resembling a "career". I guess this is just normal now? On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 11:57 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: Based on Internet posts, one thing Gen XYZ seems to understand is that a PIP (performance improvement plan) or CAP (corrective action plan) basically means you’re getting fired and should start your job search now. They don’t take it as a wake up call to improve. Over the past decade or two, loyalty and trust between employers and employees seems to have mutually gone to zero. The idea of a “career” or working at the same place for years is gone, and both sides blame the other. Big corporations that regularly overhire and then lay off to appease shareholders don’t help. Yet billionaire owners like Musk expect “extreme hardcore” effort from employees who sleep on the floor. Seems like local small businesses and family owned businesses are collateral damage in all this. Younger workers learn from their reddits and tiktoks that they are expendable and so they owe no loyalty or hard work to their job. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:29 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Problem employees We do write them up. But a bit of a harsh ass chewing seems to yield much better results much quicker than gentle feed back, mentoring, multiple reviews etc. Best Regards, Chuck McCown McCown Technology Corporation 8401 N Commerce Dr Lake Point, Utah 84074 801-250-9503 Office 435-830-4306 Cell www.mccowntech.com www.microtrench.pro www.terabitnetworks.com From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:04 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Problem employees I read a book that was about cultivating a high performance team. Bottom line was similar to the seminar you mention, but slightly different. The short version is set expectations clearly, have regular reviews, and make it clear when expectations are not being met. After a few bad reviews the most likely outcomes are that they improve or they find another job and go away on their own. If they don’t do either one then you have documentation of these reviews and you can drop them without fear of any unfounded accusations. -Adam From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] OT Problem employees I many years ago I went to a skilpath seminar on what to do with problem employees. After two days the bottom line was that you probably will not change them, learn to live with them or fire them. So for a number of years I gave them gentle performance reviews, some respectful feedback and then fired the ones the did not perform. There was some positive outcomes. We frequently could find someone better for the position. I used to say that I have never regretted firing anyone and almost always realized that I should have done it long ago. And I have remarked that part of our success is that we did fire people. I still believe that is true and is good advice. But in the past few years I have changed my view and tactic a little bit. I got tired of performance reviews, coaching, coddling, firing etc. I just started chewing ass. Not to the point that I created permanent psychic damage, but certainly some temporary psychic damage. One gen Z kid told me the next day that he was OK, had a cry in his car but he is now OK. And he is now OK, good performer. I decided I did not want to waste the training I invested. And that if they could survive the ass chewing and learn from it, I ended up overall in a better situation and they did too. So far I haven’t fired anyone since starting this I don’t think. One guy is on thin ice but he only got his ass chewing on Thursday. We will see if can pull it out. Sick of coddling Gen Z. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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