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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 12-05-03 AT 08:59AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I have a huge knot in my stomach. While on vacation, I received 2 voice mails at my home from on-duty ee's asking who was coming in to relieve them from their shift, as the ee scheduled had not arrived. The missing ee finally arived 2 & 1/2 hours late.
When I confronted the ee, he stated he had arrived only 30 minutes late, and was angry that his co-workers had "reported" him. I have a correct time & date stamp on my voice mail, I talked to both ee's on duty at the time who verified he was not there.
I informed the late ee that if he overslept, or something which caused him to be late, he could just be honest and tell me that. He insists he was only 30 minutes late.
Today I am going to serve him a written warning for being late, recording his time card incorrectly ( he recorded his time as having been there).
Previous to this, he has never been late, has been honest to my knowledge, and has expected his coworkers to be on time. He has picked up extra shifts, worked late when he could, come in early when he could. Why do I feel so bad about giving him a warning?
When I confronted the ee, he stated he had arrived only 30 minutes late, and was angry that his co-workers had "reported" him. I have a correct time & date stamp on my voice mail, I talked to both ee's on duty at the time who verified he was not there.
I informed the late ee that if he overslept, or something which caused him to be late, he could just be honest and tell me that. He insists he was only 30 minutes late.
Today I am going to serve him a written warning for being late, recording his time card incorrectly ( he recorded his time as having been there).
Previous to this, he has never been late, has been honest to my knowledge, and has expected his coworkers to be on time. He has picked up extra shifts, worked late when he could, come in early when he could. Why do I feel so bad about giving him a warning?
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You mentioned that he holds others accountable for being to work on time. I would point-out that he should live-up to the expectation that he himself has set for others.
Gene
Unless their credibility is in question (e.g., they have animosity toward the emplyee; they rthemselves weren't there; they were intoxicated), you have to accpet the weight of the evidence against his statement that he was only 30 minutes late. If he didn't tell you the truth when you asked him about it, you should mention that in your warning as well (and that is probably more of a justification for giving the warning). Also advise him of the specific procedures to follow under all circumstances should he be late to work again (i.e., who to call to report the fact he is going to be late).
And the co-workers who called looking for him are his friends. They really weren't calling to "report" that he wasn't there. They were asking if there was a mistake on the schedule or something because nobody had showed up and one of them had to leave. After I talked to him about being late, he started hounding one of them about "reporting" him and even called him at home and told this ee's relatives that the ee had gotten him in trouble, which caused that ee to call me to ask that I let him know they weren't trying to get him in trouble.
I love the "only" thirty minutes late. Did he call to say he was "only" going to be thirty minutes late? Was there a reason for him being late at all?
If he had called then his friends wouldn't have had to go looking for him or a replacement. Clearly he is lying and that is the more serious issue. A previously good employee who has started lying. I'd sit him down, point out the obvious and ask him for an explanation and then give him the proper warning in writing. There may be more going on here.
Cristina