Paul in Cannon Beach
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The impression I get is that helicopter behavior seems to stem more from a need by the parent to control or the inability to give control to the child. My guess is that this is one of those feedback loop situations where the parent's need for contr…
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We hire over 150 staff each year that are between 18-22 and so I am completely familiar with this concept. Just yesterday I gave a tour for two sisters (twins age 23) who were here with mom, grandma, and family friend to check out our organization.…
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Perhaps you only need a part-time person this go-round. That could also help to differentiate this position from the last.
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As I read your policy, I think the key wording is "Chief Executive Officer will determine whether it is appropriate". The policy appears to give the CEO broad power to make the determination of what is appropriate regardless of whether there is su…
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[I]"The situation now: CEO wants to have meeting with both involved. He wants to make it clear he is not happy with the situation - that the member of exec management should have never put himself or the Company in this position. The CEO also wants …
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How do you feel about asking "What do you feel needs to be done?" or "How would you want to see this situation handled?" The tricky part is that you can't let the employee dictate how you respond but it can be helpful to gauge what they expect to …
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I take my coffee with flavored creamer. Don't judge me.
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If he is going to go that route, he might as well ask "What disabilities do you have?" and "If you are a woman, are you planning to get pregnant or complain about childcare issues?" Yes, you do not want these questions on your application.
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I agree with Frank. This employee resigned. You don't want them back given how they left and what that will communicate to your other staff.
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I guess that is why I would steer clear initially of making any "medically related" determination and deal with this from the standpoint of a behavioral issue that can be mitigated through some counseling (hopefully). I guess I would see scratchin…
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Why would you make that jump to medical and ADA? It seems to make more sense to start from a workplace standpoint. All workplaces have expectations of appearance. If the employee brings in a medical condition then fine, deal with it from that …
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Would you be willing to share this policy with us when you have the final wording? I would be curious to see how you define social media. Keep us posted as you enter this brave new world...
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Good luck, Traceyd. I hope you will let us know what the outcome of your conversation was. I think we could all learn from your experience.
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I think NeedCoffee's response is excellent and I would second everything she has said. All I would add is that you definitely want to include words like "sometimes" and "occassionally" and avoid generalizations or "always". Yes these are difficu…
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I think you are generally ok "discussing" issues with employees from the standpoint of how you can help them or how they can help themselves attain the level of competency, appearance, and professionalism you desire. Its when you start making empl…
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Hmmm... I don't know if its defensible or not but here is our current policy: [FONT=Tw Cen MT][COLOR=#000000]The online conduct of our staff is expected to be consistent with the mission and purpose of Cannon Beach Conference Center. Always remem…
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Interesting post. I have never had an employee send or ask to send a "goodbye e-mail". I've assumed they say their goodbyes in person. We did have an employee who left us years ago around the end of the year stand up at the staff Christmas party a…
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Ignore the control freaks... or not recognize the behavior because it seems like something normal to do? Hmmm??
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I like this joke more and more.
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You are welcome, Frank. Can you explain it to Nae?
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If they are talking about extending protection to someone who happens to look like Danny Devito, then I think this is foolish. Alot of appearance and attractiveness comes from confidence and personality not physical appearance. That said... there…
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Control freak. Ok, now you say "Control freak who?"
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I was being sarcastic. I just think its so futile to try to "prohibit" a type of communication when so many other ways to communicate exist. While its true that the false sense of privacy of social media and the ability to use it all hours of the…
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Good luck Bethk. If you can, add "drunk texting" to your list of banned social media.
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So.... Bethk, how did your conversation with your COO go?
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My first HR boss taught me to "always immediately accept a resignation". That way, you hold the cards. If the employee comes back and says he has changed his mind, its your call whether to allow him to rescind. Alot would depend upon the circums…
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Yes, they are back. I had a tearful conversation with them which is how I learned they had not been told their leave was not covered. We have decided to allow the employee to use vacation/sick leave for this absence. I agree with everything th…
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This just got me thinking that if I couldn't communicate with my subordinates over social media I would have to defriend Frank and Nae Nae.
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We don't have this policy and if we did I would be in big trouble as I use social media (Facebook) to communicate with subordinates on a regular basis. My guess is your COO wants to prohibit or limit the opportunity for certain TYPES of interacti…
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I don't have stats but I would hazard to guess that minorities are unemployed in higher rates than non-minorities. Therefore, a policy which excludes the unemployed from consideration will exclude minorities in greater percentages. Makes sense to…