Hey there. So after thinking about this for a while, it occurs to me that you might actually have an employee who has a problem with the other employees. Norm

Hey there. So after thinking about this for a while, it occurs to me that you might actually have an employee who has a problem with the other employees. Normally, giving/getting feedback (in my opinion) means that they care enough to actually perform to some extent. But if they are taking off without informing the other employees... that tells me they don't respect those other employees for some reason. It could be that this employee is just a jerk; but it can also be that the other employees are the jerks. I know that may seem a stretch, but I've run into it before myself, where the other employees were doing all sorts of things wrong, and were risking getting customers sick/hurt. So of course I did the right thing, and did my job, which is make sure that sort of thing isn't happening. The result? They all complain to the boss, claim my work is below standards, and get me fired. I wonder if this is the case for your problem employee as well, because you say it 'felt like squeezing water from a stone'. I can totally be like that in the eyes of some at times, especially when I am verifiably correct about something. And guess what the group thinking mobs tend to hate the most? Yup, people like me who don't budge for nimrods. So I wonder if things go worse because of the others recognizing they weren't getting their way and so they are now making things worse for that employee. I know that if it were me, I would certainly start to give a lot less fucks about a lot of things, especially if the boss is taking the wrong side of things. So ask yourself this. Are you being fooled by fools?