My new secretary is making me want to put a bullet in my head...

[Grumpy Old Man]

I'll take my time hiring the new employee. I'm looking at resumes now to bring on another secretary. If the new one is good, I will probably fire this one and then have time to look for the another one to take her place.

Call a temp agency, have them start Monday, fire her ass now. You will live a long and happy life if you do this. You already have spent too much energy dealing with this.

 

[Bikini Mod]

no doubt. I'm hoping she quits or I'm going to fire her ass.

There was one woman in particular that seemed competent enough when I interviewed her. One week in I realized that the bitch needed to go. (I began a thread about her on elite matter of fact. LOL)

Fire her. She is obviously not up to the task at hand. Fire her now so you can stop expending YOUR precious energy (which makes you LESS productive) showing her stuff again and again that she should have been able to do 2 weeks ago. It would be a better expenditure of YOUR TIME to hire someone better suited to the position so that YOU can be more productive sooner.

Remember, you aren't there to make friends. You are there to make money. If someone is causing you MORE WORK or causing you to be LESS PRODUCTIVE they are COSTING you time and/or money.

It is really very cut and dry IMHO

 

[Bikini Mod]

I didn't see the Grump's suggestion of a temp agency. Excellent suggestion IMHO. If the temp works out you can hire her on full time.

 

[ricco561]

Keep in mind, you are working in Kentucky.

So she is probably her own cousin?

 

[chewyxrage]

She's in her 50's and a grandma...lol.

There's your problem. When you hire older people you risk the chance they barely know how to operate a computer or have any technology common sense. Obviously not all older people, many in their 50's know their shit, but hiring people in the younger generations, computers/technology has been more ingrained in their life.

 

[stilleto]

i guess you didn't check her references?

 

[animalchin]

Reading things like this makes me feel like a terrific employee.

 

[heatherrae]

i guess you didn't check her references?

Actually, I DID, and they gave her great reviews. I think it is the likability factor.

She is going to our corporate office on today for training, and the other secretary told me that she said she planned on complaining about ME to the owners because she wasn't trained, etc.

I'm so going to fire her ass immediately when she gets back.

 

[walliwalibus]

Easy now, remember she is also human. Take a breath........................ Now fire her!

 

[heatherrae]

Easy now, remember she is also human. Take a breath........................ Now fire her!

LOL...this gal seriously makes me want to kill her. She did bring me cream puffs one day, though. Maybe if she did it every day I would keep her.