How do you deal with a highly creative employee?
February 6, 2009 by admin
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maybe he should have one of your jobs.
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That’s pretty stupid. This guy is making you “a lot more revenue” and all you can think of is the chain of command and firing the guy?
Sounds like a lot of OTHER people there need to be fired!
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You have to follow the standard GUIDELINES to get an employee out if that is your goal so you protect your employer.
Write him up again, have a meeting with him and tell he is is failing to follow company procedures or be a TEAM PLAYER and if it doesn’t stop he is placing his job in jeopardy and put it in writing and make him sign it. Give him NOTICE and then stick to it. It’s like with kids - choices, accountability and consequences. Procedures will do the trick if you DO THEM actively and deliberately.
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I think your employee is also on Yahoo Answers, he asked a question about this very situation yesterday.
I guess you are upset because you can’t take credit for his great ideas? He is generating more revenue for you, after all. You should promote him.
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This is why I **** business, companies and people like this who don’t appreciate hard and good work. You go and back stab him instead. Just because of the chain of command you feel wasn’t followed (apparently he found a better way to get past the chain of command BS and get some stuff DONE) he is getting this headache?
Wow, just wow. I hope your entire company fails. It definitely won’t progress if another company hires him and uses him to his full potential and appreciates him.
Screw the buzz words, team player, and all that bull, and analyze what he is doing, why, and how it is successful for your company. Thank him, give him a raise and emulate him.
Honestly, I really hope that he finds a better company to work for than this company. You want to help him out? Call in a few connections with other companies FOR him and get him a job he deserves.