http://www.singlefounder.com/2005/11/26/dont-hire-problem-employees/ Musings on software and startups from a single founder Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:54:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.singlefounder.com/2005/11/26/dont-hire-problem-employees/comment-page-1/#comment-2 NormaJ Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:46:17 +0000 http://miketaber.net/archive/2005/11/26/9.aspx#comment-2 I have repeatedly tried to tell my superiors at work they need to check previous work history on prospective new-hires. We work in a professional aspect of the law enforcement field. At this time, over half our employees are immature, irresponsible, childish. They lack common sense and exhibit no pride whatsoever in their work. They have no comprehension of the seriousness of the work we do. It sickens me because there is no dealing with these people. Even as a "supervisor" I have no authority to discipline employees. They would just about have to commit murder before anyone would have the backbone to fire one of them. We have employees that have broken up marriages inside and outside our department. We have chronic liars and rumor-mongers. We have employees that will lie about problems with their work when we have recorded phone conversations proving they failed to do the proper thing. And they know we have recorded proof and they will still LIE. This new mentality in employees that we need them more than they need us is beyond belief. The mentality that they are doing us a favor just showing up for work is outrageous. Be very very careful and selective when hiring new employees. You may wind up with a bunch of "I.D. Ten T's" or ID10Ts. I have repeatedly tried to tell my superiors at work they need to check previous work history on prospective new-hires. We work in a professional aspect of the law enforcement field. At this time, over half our employees are immature, irresponsible, childish. They lack common sense and exhibit no pride whatsoever in their work. They have no comprehension of the seriousness of the work we do. It sickens me because there is no dealing with these people. Even as a “supervisor” I have no authority to discipline employees. They would just about have to commit murder before anyone would have the backbone to fire one of them. We have employees that have broken up marriages inside and outside our department. We have chronic liars and rumor-mongers. We have employees that will lie about problems with their work when we have recorded phone conversations proving they failed to do the proper thing. And they know we have recorded proof and they will still LIE. This new mentality in employees that we need them more than they need us is beyond belief. The mentality that they are doing us a favor just showing up for work is outrageous. Be very very careful and selective when hiring new employees. You may wind up with a bunch of “I.D. Ten T’s” or ID10Ts.

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