How do you deal with those people who are always tardy and becoming a liability to the team and even talking to them is hard cuz they wouldnt even listen
2006-08-13 12:24:50 · 10 answers · asked by Marcus C 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
The best thing to remember about this are the five different conflict styles that are implemented by individuals in an organization: Avoidance, Accomodation, Compromise, Competitive, and Collaborative.
If the person is not even listening, they are avoiding conflict altogether. It is best in this situation to call them up on it, and if they are not willing to be a part of the team, they should be released from it. First let the team member know in no less than three different mediums that you need for his or her actions to be changed under threat of termination of the project. Three forms include face-to-face communication, e-mail, certified mail, telephone conversation, or memorandum.
In doing this, you are bringing it to this individual's attention that they need to shape up or ship out. If after three attempts (over what you've already attempted) the co-worker is still avoidant of this conflict, they should no longer be a member of your team; either get someone else or pick up the slack yourselves.
The best thing for you to do if they do indeed wish to at least listen is to always take a collaborative approach. Things have been rough in the past, and it will benefit neither your previously tardy coworker or your group to continue and abuse them for past mistakes. You must keep both your individual goals and the goals of the team in check, and this includes including even the Prodigal Son. Once a commitment to resolving the problem has been established, treat him or her the way you treat every other group member in your team.
2006-08-13 12:35:40 · answer #1 · answered by whitescorpion2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you their management? If you are, there is usually a "performance inprovement plan" in most companies. Essentially, it's outlined what you have to do to meet expectations, and if you don't...you get fired.
If you aren't management, then you can either rat them out to management...which is not usually a good thing. Or just not cover for them...unless your management is incredibly stupid, they'll figure it out all by themselves.
I worked with two guys that I really liked...however, they came in at 9:30, took 90 minute to 2 hour lunches, spent the majority of their day doing personal calls, and then left at 4-4:30. I didn't rat them out, but I didn't cover for them. Management figured it out, and they had to straighten up or lose their jobs.
2006-08-13 19:36:18 · answer #2 · answered by Kaia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Progressive disclipline. Make the person write a statement everytime they are late. Hopefully they will get tired of writing. Also, let the person know that this type of behavior is unacceptable. Set a standard, at my job, if you are late 4 times in a year, you get a day in street with no pay. You start throwing that termination word in there, that should straighten the person up.
2006-08-13 19:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by Scoop 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was fired for routinely arriving for an 8:00 a.m. job at 8:05, 8:10, even though I would work past quit time to make up the few extra minutes. Unless your workplace is flexible regarding work hours and allows one to make up "tardy time", get rid of them.
2006-08-13 19:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by JFAD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have any disciplary action set up. Such as They loose bonuses if they are late all the time. are they hourly? Can you withhold something like for every minute they are late they loose a minute of lunch? Have a meeting with them up to three times and then put then on probation and then fire them. Send them to career counseling. See the problem is respect. They don't respect you or the job they are doing. Reward the people that are showing up to work infront of every one and then when they get mad you have more tools in your tool belt. It's sort of like sticking a kid in a corner do it, do it every time they smart off, don't fail to do it.
2006-08-13 19:31:58 · answer #5 · answered by thejett.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on if its is your co worker then I feel its not your place to confront them It is up to management. If you are the management then I would let them firmly know when your starting time is and if they fail to comply with company policy then they need to go.
2006-08-13 19:36:56 · answer #6 · answered by mom363546 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Replace them with new workers.
2006-08-13 19:30:42 · answer #7 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bring it up to your supervisor or change teams
2006-08-13 20:24:53 · answer #8 · answered by Wat-to-do 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dock their pay for the time they are late
2006-08-13 19:28:52 · answer #9 · answered by roblgolden@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can be patient. people are not the same.
2006-08-13 19:30:24 · answer #10 · answered by Fergie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋