The Case of the Unproductive Employee
As the Director of Student Programs and Engagement, you are responsible for supervising six other employees . It's your second year on the job and you're feeling more and more comfortable with the responsibilities you've been given . You were blessed to have a pretty strong team to supervise and you all get along pretty well . The only weak spot in the team is your coordinator for Intramurals, Kimiko .
Kimiko has a great attitude and genuinely loves the work she does, but there are some things she just doesn't seem to "get ." She is regularly late with her monthly reports, she oftentimes loses receipts for the supplies that she buys, she's not usually on time for meetings, and on more than one occasion you've needed to confront her lack of professional boundaries with student employees . She is always apologetic when you talk to her about these things and she promises to change, but there hasn't been much improvement in the last year .
Things have gotten to the point that you feel it is time to "let Kimiko go" and find a new Coordinator . When you speak to your supervisor about her, he disagrees with you and says it's your job as Kimiko's supervisor to help her grow in these areas . When you try to explain all the work you've done investing in her, it becomes apparent that you're probably not going to win this discussion .
This is your first major discussion with your supervisor on evaluating talent and you want him to have confidence in your ability to supervise well . If you help Kimiko improve, it may make your evaluation of her seem premature and wrong . On the other hand, if you don't help Kimiko get better, you're going to be stuck with her problematic behavior for at least another year .
> What would you do?
If I had to deal with Kimiko I would tell her that we need to change or we will start to look for other employees. I would help her be organized and help her be on time for meetings and work. If she doesn't improve I would tell my supervisor that she is impacting our staff in a negative way and that someone else could be more fit for the job.
ReplyDeleteI would tell her, to start to change the way she does things. If she doesn't change, she will probably be replaced. She needs to take things like that seriously, and if she doesn't, she will have to leave.
ReplyDeleteI would bring her in and have a serious chat with her. This chat would be, "We are letting you go." Followed by some crying most likely. I would tell her of all of the things that has been going on, and the fact that we have been talking about what she has been doing wrong multiple times and she has had multiple chances to change. Bringing in someone who is more qualified for the job and takes it more seriously will make me look like I know what I am doing and NOT a pushover.
ReplyDeleteI would tell her to try to change her way to work or we should start to looking for other employers. I would tell her that I can help her to get better but she must do its part to change and be more serious in the work and if it doesn't work I will say her that there are many people waiting for this work and that we cannot have someone who does not take it seriously.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to deal with this situation I think I would tell her that she needs to change her habits and make it on time or she might need to be looking for something else in life to do. I don't think it should be my job to keep trying at something that isn't going to happen.
ReplyDeleteI would tell her that she needs to tell her that she needs to change the way that she runs things. If she doesn't change her behavior and ways, then I would probably fire her and replace her the next day. She should take things more seriously, or I will be forced to fire her.
ReplyDeleteI would have to tell her to change how she works or we will look for different people. I would try to help her change. But she should really change the habit on her own.
ReplyDeleteI think I would give her like a month to get better and change and that after the month if nothing had change, she would get fire. I would also tell her that if she needs help to get better and fix those problem I would be there to help her.
ReplyDeleteI would tell Kimiko that if she doesn't start doing things on time and doing what she is suppose to do or she will be replaced. I would also talk to the other members of the committee and see what they have to say about replacing her and make my decision from there.
ReplyDeletei would tell him that if he didnt straten up that he would be fierd and we would find new people for his position. i would try to encorage other empolies to encorage him to work harder
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