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| Not Suitable for the Job |
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| bismilla |
| 04/30/04 at 07:47:45 |
| [slm] bsm We have employed a lady who, although is in dire need of the job, is not suitable qualified, trained or appears to be in a position to carry out her job. It has been 2 weeks since the start of her contract and aside from the qualifications, the general "office sense" appears to be lacking. Am i being too judgmental perhaps? ??? I am sympathetic towards her personal problems and condition and do i allow this to continue BECAUSE of it? Both she and her husband have been retrenched and whislt he is still attempting to secure work, she is relying heavily on "contractual work" to support the house-hold. The position is one of Project Administration / Office Assistance. We have trained her as much as we can (i ignored my work for the 1st week, and my colleague did the same for the 2nd week, concentrating solely on supporting this new staff), however our jobs do not permit us the luxury of actually being at our desks or in the Office long enough to be of any further assistance. What does one do in a case like this? I actually feel bad about complaining and yet it's distracting as well. |
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| Kathy |
| 04/30/04 at 09:55:29 |
| It is good to be kind and to bend a bit. Is she on a probationary period? If so than, sure, you can let her go. Most jobs take a minimum of 2 weeks to train. The rule is a person is generally not fully sufficient until about 6 months. 6 weeks is generally enough time to see if an employee will be a good fit. Back to the kind part. If you are a seasoned HR person in hiring than go with your gut... but if not... give another week or two and keep in mind of not going over the probationary period. My suggestion is that most employees know they are not cutting it. Start meeting with her everyday to voice and document your concerns, very specific job related concerns. Then if you do choose to terminate the employee it will be much easier and not a shock. |
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| Mona |
| 04/30/04 at 22:53:36 |
| [slm] if you are not the one in charge of hiring or terminating, and if you really hate to make that person's situation worse, then have a frank talk with her as colleague and tell her that "they" will terminate her if she cannot get things done. take care wassalam |
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| onemuslimgirl |
| 05/01/04 at 16:38:02 |
| asalaam alakum, I agree with with the previous answers. First you really need to sit and talk with her, sometimes a person thinks they are doing a good job because they are not getting any feedback, than all of sudden the bomb is dropped adn their fired. if she doesnt have experience in this kind of a job, than she doesnt know what is expected from her. Maybe make her a checklist of things that need to be done. also, a list of important numbers, and what to do in case of certain circumstances. Make a binder of these things and ask her to add to them in her day to day work. Start off ur conversation by telling her you know how much she is going through and that is why you want to help her to keep this job and ur worried that some other co-workers might complain. it does take a while to get used to a new job, and its hard for us sometimes to understand that when we know how things are supposed to be done.... |
| Re: Not Suitable for the Job |
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| bismilla |
| 05/03/04 at 02:20:21 |
| [slm] & Jazak Allah for the replies. I had made a list of what is to be expected on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, outlined the priorities and even set out all the templates she will require. She has had the "talks" and Insha Allah i hope things improve. |
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