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I didn't fire anybody yesterday.

Posted by colin (aka colinski) May 4 '12, 06:32

My boss said I should give her the chance to improve. 2 weeks. Made a huge list of things she needed to know BEFORE she could do half of her job requirements.

When confronted on the sleeping, she said "I wasn't sleeping, I was playing video slots on my iPhone."... I guess that's a little better.

She at first just thought this was a progress chat..soon realized I was telling her she had 2 weeks to justify her job. She's actually been digging in and spending a lot of time with our other support person. I handed her a 2000 page manual on the video bridge and she seemed saddened at that.

I don't know.. I guess we'll see, but she's had EVERY opportunity now to prove herself. I can let her go with a clean conscious if it comes to that.

Responses:

wow. "I wasn't sleeping, I was playing games instead of working" ? -- nm - decline May 4, 06:33 22
- her defense was "I've been asking you for weeks what I should be doing... never got direction, so just killing time" - colin May 4, 06:35 21
  - I've been dropped off on an island like this before - it's frustrating when no one will listen to you. - Reagen May 4, 07:35 2
    - i'd totally agree.... yanno.. if she had actually asked for help. - colin May 4, 07:39 1
      - No one (I think) is saying you did it on purpose. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 07:41
  - no offense here, but I would hate for you to be my boss. - groiny May 4, 07:12 2
    - see below. -- nm - colin May 4, 07:36
    - "Manage me!" "I don't even know what that means!" -- nm - TFox May 4, 07:17
  - Aren't you supposed to supervise her?? She's not on an island. -- nm - Don Homer May 4, 06:55
  - In fairness, my first year at my current job was exactly like this. -- nm - TFox May 4, 06:50
  - does she have a point? A job description is great, but if you don't know the HOW, you only know the WHAT, it is tough. But, based on your first post - Andie May 4, 06:36 12
    - no. she came from a support role in a video conference center. her job here is to learn our booking/call methods. - colin May 4, 06:49 11
      - If you're her manager and she's asking for help and direction and getting blown off, you're both not doing your jobs. -- nm - TFox May 4, 06:52 10
        
        i see the confusion here... she never asked me for the direction she thinks she did. in addition, all the items I laid out in painful detail were - colin May 4, 07:18 4
        
        she said she was asking for direction for weeks. was that not happening? i mean, if she's lying, then fine. - TFox May 4, 07:20 3
        
        i am not the kind of person to leave someone high and dry in a job. i hired her, i don't want someone i hired to fail. - colin May 4, 07:35 1
        
        I hate piling on, but what you have to remember is that not every person "works" in the same way. Some people are great at running on their own. - Kim Pine May 4, 07:42
        
        She's probably lying, or at the very least scrambling to backpedal. -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 07:27
        
        Yeah, management has a responsibility to new hires to make sure they understand what they're supposed to be doing and how. - Kim Pine May 4, 06:56 4
        
        hee! that never happens here - its a sink or swim situation. - Epiphany May 4, 07:11 3
        
        It used to happen here - and a lot of people did not make it. We're much much better now, with a structured onboard program. - Kim Pine May 4, 07:14
        
        i think it happens a lot, but, it's not ideal. -- nm - Andie May 4, 07:12 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - Epiphany May 4, 07:32

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