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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by willravel
The_Jazz, it's also the responsibility of management not the be ignorant to any issues going on between my employees if it interferes with work. If I hire someone to do a job (like make coffee, answer the phone, make copies or deliver copies) and this person isn't doing that job, it's up to me to monitor them to a reasonable degree so that I see evidence that they're not doing their job. The biggest mistake a manager can make is to leave his or her employees completely to their own devices. You might as well not even be there.
When I was working for my previous employer, I had to fire several people for what I'd call laziness or entitlement. If you can't do the job I pay you for, or even worse if your poor behavior interferes with the ability of those around you to do their job, there's no place for you on my team.
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True, but in some cases, when politics prevail and protect the lazy or entitled individual, there is little one can do.
Further, there are other protections that could be in place like the idea of potential lawsuit. If Jan is a black woman over 55 she's a triple dip protected class. You couldn't fire her without looking over your shoulder every day that a potential lawsuit was coming.
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