How to Manage Underperforming Employees?

► Q: How do you deal with employees that slack off, but are super talented? Keep or fire?

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[TaraWagner]

I love that you take ownership AND ask “what am I doing wrong”. It’s true. As employers how we run our biz will be reflected in our company culture and employees.

[ahmadabukhlif]

It perfectly describes me which are caused by many factors.
1. Very Toxic culture.
2. Toxic Boss keeps on threatening me to terminate me whereas his authorities is getting lowered from the management due to his toxicity.
3. Toxic Boss gave everyone in his team full basic salary in their bonus while he gave me 50% and took the other 50% for himself.
4. Keeps on stealing my ideas and shutting me off.
5. Keeps on informing the IT Department to delete emails on my work emails.
6. Keeps on stealing stuff from myself.
Many things but can't mention all tbh.

I am looking for a new opportunity since I am looking for a career growth and a bit of appreciation.

[walterdiaz]

Now this, what would you do when the under performer is the supervisor?. I work for a non profit and literally the guy encourage not to work on Fridays and deadlines are always ignored.
For slackers this is the perfect environment but for achievers it's a dead end.

[ryanfrizzell]

It’s intelligent to know how to correctly manage underperforming employees. It’s especially intelligent to know how to manage underperforming employees in ways that benefit the employee(s) and cause them to perform better in addition to improving both the quality of their future employment and employment performance.

[lostconciousness]

step 0: approach -your- the employee like a human, not a commodity
step 1: recognize what they bring to the table
step 2: realize they can't read your mind
step 3: realize they probably don't have years of experience within your organization
step 4: have some humility
step 5: realize the power dynamic makes it difficult to approach with questions. Being generally unapproachable doubles down on this
step 6: ignore corporate thinktank logic of "fire fast, " there are no benefits unless the employee has literally caused damage to your company (unlikely)
step 7: recognize it's probably your fault and your prerogative to give them a chance to course correct

[SEIJITV]

communication is the perfect answer...

[obits]

In the end, it is all about production. If they are talented but slack off a lot, do they still do better than hard working fools? Don't worry about how the sausage is made. Just look at output.

[MRkingSaLeH]

Is there courses teaching Supervisors and managers
To distract and stop employees from getting their rights (rating, promotions…etc)

[acfollowjcor]

How about supervisors that say they can do something but do NO physical work and get credit for what others do? why companies accept that? Why some companies allow supervisors that do NOT help the workers? If it means data entry so go do data entry, if it is customers service go to the phones but here are supervisors that say they can do this or that but do NOTHING to help their workers, it shows that the company that accepts that is just NOT a good company.

[RickGrimes]

My employee stops answering at 3:30pm on fridays even if their job isn't done and we needed it for friday. I am not sure what to think exactly, but I feel like they shouldn't have the right to make the decision by themselves to leave earlier on friday, right? Especially when their job isn't done. Especially when they've been with us for 1 month only and are already underperforming. Agree or disagree?

[aig]

Change it? Firing would work and rehiring

[israeldevraj]

How to make employee to do OT when they are refusing...this is my medical coding team leader interview question.pls help me

[Magnus]

Gary I am a boss and I love it, the problem I have is the higher ups aren’t as patient with my employees as I am! I know they would all be doing better which means I could be guiding better. Do you have any advice for being tough, but still leading with compassion?

[josephacker]

How do you deal with employees that slack off but aren't super talented and aren't hard working.

[postskeetclarity]

When they tell you what you are doing wrong but you can't hear it

[hendeken]

As someone who is creative and innovative if I work in a space that doesn’t see value in my ideas, I become disengaged. I become bored. Creative people have to be challenged

[idealdetails]

For me, people are either worth paying well or not at all. An unreliable worker isn't worth the stress of managing.

[HungHoang-jfok]

Well yeah, that's what we expected

[vespa]

What about unsafe practices and underperforming employers ?

[BismillahBodega]

My Brain : “ Gotchu! Tell them, “ hey I think your talented but you suck.”. 🤦‍♂️ Obviously irl the filter will be more objective