Worthless Employee Rant...sort of

[KestrelBike]

Monky's been hanging out with too many lawyers lately....

Payroll/Labor is ruthless business. Monky's suggestion (if serious) is extreme, but isn't really bad advice.

[XC700116]

Having employees sucks, I'm a single guy because I enjoy life drama free, but the moment I get to work, and MANY times before and after work, I acquire anywhere from 2-8 kids (out of 12 employees) depending on who's deciding to act like a man that day. And the union rules make it so it takes an act of congress, signed off on by SCOTUS, and a Seal team 6 mission in order to fire one of these assholes.

At this point I'd just be glad you got rid of her before she would be eligible for unenjoyment.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Did she call you on her Obamaphone?

[Ah Pook]

I thought it was a really good rant. Everyone recognizes the frustration that social loafing brings to a workplace environment. I would have kicked her out the moment she left early- and I would have given her a warning the moment she waked in late. That's ridiculous! Hope your boss tightens up the policy a little, so you don't have to deal with that again.

I'd give it a 9. It was coherent and used proper spelling/punctuation. Which is more than I can say for a growing number of posts, lately.


Did this lady come from farther up canyon?

[XDMan]

Consider it money well spent! You learned about her real "work" ethic with only 2 days pay. She could have played it up for a couple months and then started this crap. Then, it would have been real tough to get rid of her.

[scratchy]

Imagine this shit after you put someone through 9 months of very expensive training (think 40k) at $60/hr wages. Grrrrrr!

[hammer03]

Sucks, but could be worse (although you seem smart, so you probably wouldn't get suckered into this one...)

My work hired a Senior Chemist, the duties included method developement, training more junior chemists, daily lab duties, etc. A guy from Atlanta was apparently a great candidate, and they offered him the job, including relocation assistance. He had been out of work a while and had a family back home, so he asked for a two week advance on his pay to drag his stuff out to Colorado...

He lasted three weeks before he called to say that his kid had gotten hurt, and he needed to go visit them. We never heard from him again. The company got three weeks of training in, and no useful work from him. So they started using a temp agency to screen people and vet them for three to six months on contract before hiring.

HR sounds like a cluster either way, glad I'm just a worker bee and don't have to deal with it.

[spqrzilla]

Monky's been hanging out with too many lawyers lately....

I don't let Monky hang with me.

[sniper7]

Just pay her for the time and be glad she isn't an employee. It will cost a lot more in the long run if she was smart enough to make a fuss about it...although I doubt she is remotely close

[gnihcraes]

I give a 10.

Sounds like my INTERN at work. He's (she maybe?) has been late or missing more than actually attending work. Drives me nuts!