ok, we have a thread about A-hole bosses, now about guys who report to you.
when you are a kid, you think that it would just be easy to fire an A-hole. I have a guy working for me who is extremly high maintanance, to the point where I really have to consider if he is worth keeping or getting rid of. he is a great performer, and a nice enough guy in a lot of ways. but boy he is an A-hole.
this week -
1. I buy tickets to take him and a couple of other guys to a hockey game, but I give him some bad news before hand and he sits the game out in the car, doens't come in
2. I find out that he fucked one of the sales girls that works for a distributor of his, and we have had horrible results from this particular market. I can't help but believe that this is connected
3. we are sitting at the same table for a company dinner, with the CEO. the CEO hates to talk work at meals. and, the CEO is very concerned about the safety of our employees traveling internationally. we have somebody going to lebanon in the next few weeks. while I haven't hidden it from the CEO, I didn't go out of my way to bring it to his attention, either. so my guy says to the guy who is traveling to lebanon, who was at the same table "oh, you like cigars? you will find great cigars in lebanon. lebanon has the best cigar stores in the middle east. it is very safe there, you shouldn't worry - it is safe, like all the countries in my territory - lebanon, egypt, syria, libya, all very safe".
4. I take out the girls who do order entry for lunch, with my team. he stis across from one woman who has lost both parents in the past year, and has been falling behind in work pretty badly. I have been working with her boss to improve her performance. he starts saying things like "you know, I forgive you for all the big mistakes and fuckups you made this year!!, I am a very forgiving person, even though you really did a lot of big mistakes, I want to get past that and forgive you. of course, its very hard to fogive all of these huge fuckups you did" etc. I finally grabbed him, dragged him away from the table and told him to shut the fuck up.
5. we have a round table to discuss competition, my guys and the domestic sales team. one competitor that only sells domestically is raised - my guys have literally never seen a single piece of this product, and my guy starts talking about it. there are 9 domestic guys, each with 10-30 years experience, my guy is talking more than any of them about this. again, I ahd to physically pull him away from the table and tell him to shut the fuck up.
anyway, not asking for advice or anything, just venting.
vent about yourA-hole reports
when you are a kid, you think that it would just be easy to fire an A-hole. I have a guy working for me who is extremly high maintanance, to the point where I really have to consider if he is worth keeping or getting rid of. he is a great performer, and a nice enough guy in a lot of ways. but boy he is an A-hole.
this week -
1. I buy tickets to take him and a couple of other guys to a hockey game, but I give him some bad news before hand and he sits the game out in the car, doens't come in
2. I find out that he fucked one of the sales girls that works for a distributor of his, and we have had horrible results from this particular market. I can't help but believe that this is connected
3. we are sitting at the same table for a company dinner, with the CEO. the CEO hates to talk work at meals. and, the CEO is very concerned about the safety of our employees traveling internationally. we have somebody going to lebanon in the next few weeks. while I haven't hidden it from the CEO, I didn't go out of my way to bring it to his attention, either. so my guy says to the guy who is traveling to lebanon, who was at the same table "oh, you like cigars? you will find great cigars in lebanon. lebanon has the best cigar stores in the middle east. it is very safe there, you shouldn't worry - it is safe, like all the countries in my territory - lebanon, egypt, syria, libya, all very safe".
4. I take out the girls who do order entry for lunch, with my team. he stis across from one woman who has lost both parents in the past year, and has been falling behind in work pretty badly. I have been working with her boss to improve her performance. he starts saying things like "you know, I forgive you for all the big mistakes and fuckups you made this year!!, I am a very forgiving person, even though you really did a lot of big mistakes, I want to get past that and forgive you. of course, its very hard to fogive all of these huge fuckups you did" etc. I finally grabbed him, dragged him away from the table and told him to shut the fuck up.
5. we have a round table to discuss competition, my guys and the domestic sales team. one competitor that only sells domestically is raised - my guys have literally never seen a single piece of this product, and my guy starts talking about it. there are 9 domestic guys, each with 10-30 years experience, my guy is talking more than any of them about this. again, I ahd to physically pull him away from the table and tell him to shut the fuck up.
anyway, not asking for advice or anything, just venting.
vent about yourA-hole reports
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