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! >
