my worker places on a present of being busy, however they shouldn’t be
A reader writes:
I handle an worker who’s in a job that I used to do myself, so I’ve a fairly good concept of the work required and the period of time it takes.
This individual does a very good job on the duties and is competent and nicely preferred. Nonetheless, they placed on an enormous present of being busy, typically asserting that they are going to be working late, coming in on the weekend, cancelling trip days, and dealing when sick. I love their dedication to the job, however that stage of time and emotional dedication is just not required and, to be trustworthy, I discover the complaints about staying late actually annoying, significantly because it’s not required to finish the precise duties.
I’ve inspired them to take days off, hand off duties to me in the event that they must be out, go house on the finish of the day, and never are available on the weekends. Is there the rest I can do? Or ought to I simply determine it’s none of my enterprise if this individual has no need for a private life or leisure time and listening to them complain is simply one thing I must get used to?
I reply this query — and two others — over at Inc. at this time, the place I’m revisiting letters which have been buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and generally updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.
Different questions I’m answering there at this time embody:
- My boss needs me to rent his daughter
- Candidates analysis me and convey up their findings awkwardly
