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Special Report! What You Must Know Before Firing Bad Employees
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Bad employees are a fact of life. No matter how hard a business
owner tries to screen new hires, dealing with bad employees will
always be an issue. Perhaps the new employee is not happy with their
work they or simply does not fit into the organization. For whatever
reason, a bad employee is not producing the quantity or quality of
work they must to remain a part of the organization.
Counseling Bad Employees
Once you identify a problem employee, your first step is to counsel
the bad employee. Bring the person into your office for a one-on-one
discussion of their recent work and the problems with that work.
Ask them why their work has fallen into a level that is unacceptable.
Perhaps the poor work is a result of employee having no training
to perform certain tasks. Each company and organization has different
processes and techniques for tasks. Untrained employees will fail
to produce acceptable results. If this is the situation, counsel
the employee and offer them training. Then review their progress
often to decide if they have improved to acceptable levels of performance.
If the problem is due to personal family difficulties, you might
advise the employee to seek outside counseling and give them the
opportunity to improve their work. The poor performance could be
the results of a drug or alcohol addiction. If this is the case,
direct them to seek help and to enter a rehabilitation program immediately.
Depending on your company policies, they may be able to return to
work after seeking help. Policies for dealing with bad employees
in this area differ from business to business. Many small businesses
are not in a position to hold a job open for 30 days while an employee
get help.
When Counseling Doesn't Resolve the Problems with Bad Employees
If counseling does not reveal a valid reason for poor performance
or reveals a problem that cannot be resolved, you must issue a documented
warning and place in the employee’s Human Resources folder.
This clearly tells the employee that if their performance does not
significantly improve within 30 days, they will face termination.
You should review the employee's improvement or lack of improvement
weekly. And you must document whether the bad employee is making
any effort to improve the quality and quantity of their work.
It is not uncommon that a person has a great resume and verifiable
references but their skills do not fit the work you ask them to perform.
In some organizations, lateral movement of employees can be a solution
to turn a bad employee into a productive, good employee. This may
not be a solution in your particular organization, however.
If counseling and warnings fail, the business owner or Human Resources
director must fire the bad employee and hire a better person for
the job.
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