So I'm A-hole for a Boss & Should Except that People aren't Perfect

[RCCrawler]

I find this funny as well, today I happen to be going through applications for a job I will be interviewing for nextweek. The stuff some of these people put on their applications blows me away with what they want handed to them.

The job I am hiring for clearly states you must be willing to work days/nights/weekends/holidays and the starting salary is $36k-$45k. I had one applicant say he could only work weekdays and would not accept less than $95k. I know we aren't the highest paying in this industry, but I have never seen ANYONE pay that much for this job.

[ray1970]

If you truly were an asshole, you would have fired him on the spot.

What is it this person does? I'm looking for a career change.

[Dave_L]

The inmates are trying to run the asylum.

Since when is it ever OK to tell your boss "I can't do my job". Really? The audacity of people these days doesn't stop. It's crazy.

[tmleadr03]

It is your reputation on every item that goes out of your business. If it isn't done to your satisfaction then they need to go away and be replaced with someone who will. End of story.

[TFOGGER]

Employee:"I don't really desire to do the job you're paying me to do"

Boss:"What job?...there is no more job."

My biggest failing as a boss is that I tend to become friendly with my employees, so it makes it difficult to come down on them when they're not performing up to expectations.

[funkymonkey1111]

So I have an employee that has been with us for over a year. There are a few things that I have instructed "T" to do a certain way and other things I've instructed not to do. On the at least fourth time explaining the same thing I get the response, "you need to understand that people are not prefect and relax with all this criticism." I'm sorry, but this is not "my need." I believe that excepting the fact that we are human and not prefect leads to mediocrity. One needs to deny this fact and always push for perfection. Once you say, "well I'm just human" you are domed to mediocrity. I wish I could get this across to my people.

End rant.

How's T's spelling?

[MarkCO]

Employee:"I don't really desire to do the job you're paying me to do"

Boss:"What job?...there is no more job."

My biggest failing as a boss is that I tend to become friendly with my employees, so it makes it difficult to come down on them when they're not performing up to expectations.

I hear you there. Me too!

[sellersm]

Employee:"I don't really desire to do the job you're paying me to do"

Boss:"What job?...there is no more job."

My biggest failing as a boss is that I tend to become friendly with my employees, so it makes it difficult to come down on them when they're not performing up to expectations.

I know what you mean, but always remember: THEY choose the outcome by THEIR actions! If they want a different outcome, they should make different choices...

[BPTactical]

I was kidding on the A-hole comment Superior.
You should know better. You are a likeable A-hole.

There is something to say about the values and work ethics now. When I was a supervisor for CDOT I had to attend a mandatory training: "Generation X and you" or something like that.
The instructor tried to tell us they have different values and work ethics. Yeah, no shit- the majority of them just wanted to show up and get paid.
She tried telling us they needed different techniques for leadership etc. That was not popular with those in the class, we are of the old school "you do what the boss says and shut up and be happy you have a job".
Needless to say that class didn't go well for anybody involved. A couple of Mountain boys laid into the instructor and basically told her either the new generation does the job with no bs or they can hit the road.
We cheered and the instructor cried a bit.

[KS63]

If it was MY money on the line and he responded with that line, I'd fire him on the spot. When I go to work, and I'm sure all those reading this agree, I try to do my job to the best of my ability. There's a person on the other side paying for my expertise, no one else's. If I fuck it up, I take that personally and learn from that mistake. I have great patience teaching kids with their mistakes. Grown adults....yeah, not so much.