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The way to "fix" entitled, lazy employees and management is to "light their shit up," so to speak. Give people work, set goals, and hold them accountable. You
by officemonkey 14y ago
The way to "fix" entitled, lazy employees and management is to "light their shit up," so to speak.
Give people work, set goals, and hold them accountable. You can't get a completed app approved and on the street in months? Fire the managers involved. Somebody complains that they don't have ping pong balls? Take away the ping pong table.
Stopping remote work will not improve performance. Firing poor performers is the solution, not chaining them to their desk.
- enraged_camel 14y agoFiring people left and right and taking away perks is a fantastic way to run morale that's probably already pretty low. I see what you are saying with regards to the need to light fires under people, but there's other, more positive and more productive ways to go about it.
- officemonkey 14y agoIf you fire the people who deserve to get fired you actually increase morale.
- enraged_camel 14y agoThat's not necessarily true. Office politics matter. If you fire popular people - even if they are under-performers - then it will hurt morale. Firing is always messy business. It's a good idea to avoid it unless it is absolutely necessary.
- officemonkey 14y agoAgreed. However, I'm running a business, not a social club. If I have a few bad apples (the lazy, self-entitled employees of a previous post) and they're not responding to being held accountable, the whole staff needs to know I will use all tools available. Frankly, if you manage properly, there's very little firing you have to do. Most bad employees, when they see you hold people accountable, will find another job. The only ones who stick around are the one's who are holding out for unemployment.