Someone working for me has asked if they can work part-time instead of full time. He's a single guy without children or family commitments. He wishes to work as a volunteer with disabled people two days a week. He has stated that he believes he could do as good a job in 3 working days as he currently does in 5.
Although I think what he wants to do is laudable, I run a small customer services team, and am responsible for the team's performance. From my perspective, he isn't exactly a superstar as a full time worker. He deals with fewer issues than other people on the team, and I've been considering dealing with that as an HR-issue. He may be thinking of trying something else to see if he'd rather do that instead of this job - I don't know
I have spoken to my boss about this, and the only way he will support any part-time working is if the person concerned is a 5* performer, rather than someone who is a weak/unmotivated performer.
Any suggestions on how to communicate this?
2006-09-10
21:09:50
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James
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