Nuiloa
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We had a mother/daughter team working for us in a fairly non-skilled job. Mom did fine but the daughter was a total waste of flesh. Lazy, un-motivated, high sense of entitlement. We tried moving Precious to another position, with a different supervisor that didn't let her slack off all day. After 6 days, she went on stress leave for 3 months. The day she got back, I fired her. After all, I didn't want to add to her stress by actually making her WORK for the money we paid her.
Mom thinks that we are all evil people who could not appreciate the special skills that her little Poopsie brought to the job. She is not speaking to us and is working "by the book" - following the job description to the letter. She won't communicate with the other supervisor (and that is kind of a problem) and she certainly is very cool towards me.
Here's the problem: the other person in that unit is going away for 6 weeks and I need to find a replacement. I suggested someone that was recommended to me. However, she has suggested hiring her cousin.
If I hire my person, "mom" will make her life miserable. She'll make her do all the dirty work, the lifting and I suspect she'll feel the need to be "sick" a lot. On the other hand, the work will get done.
If I let her hire the cousin, she'll be appeased and is unlikely to book off sick. However, there's no guarantee that she will do the work that the other person has been doing (ie lifting boxes, ordering supplies, and inventory work). My concern is that "mom" will tell her she just has to do the bare minimum that is in the job desc. If that happens, I'll have no choice but to let "cuz" go and put someone else in that will get the job done - which will further inflame the situation.
Of course, my first instinct is to fire them all and start over - but that may be counterproductive.
What would you do?
Only 396 more days until retirement!
Mom thinks that we are all evil people who could not appreciate the special skills that her little Poopsie brought to the job. She is not speaking to us and is working "by the book" - following the job description to the letter. She won't communicate with the other supervisor (and that is kind of a problem) and she certainly is very cool towards me.
Here's the problem: the other person in that unit is going away for 6 weeks and I need to find a replacement. I suggested someone that was recommended to me. However, she has suggested hiring her cousin.
If I hire my person, "mom" will make her life miserable. She'll make her do all the dirty work, the lifting and I suspect she'll feel the need to be "sick" a lot. On the other hand, the work will get done.
If I let her hire the cousin, she'll be appeased and is unlikely to book off sick. However, there's no guarantee that she will do the work that the other person has been doing (ie lifting boxes, ordering supplies, and inventory work). My concern is that "mom" will tell her she just has to do the bare minimum that is in the job desc. If that happens, I'll have no choice but to let "cuz" go and put someone else in that will get the job done - which will further inflame the situation.
Of course, my first instinct is to fire them all and start over - but that may be counterproductive.
What would you do?
Only 396 more days until retirement!