Shakeman wrote: ↑09 Feb 2024, 16:54
My partner is a lawyer, she is anal about attention to detail which is how she does the best job for her clients and why she is so successful but she has two useless secretaries who need reminding on a daily basis to do the job they are paid to do. It drives her to distraction but she won't let them get away with sloppiness and laziness. When does this become controlling or coercive behaviour and simply an employee not up to the job?
Depends what she is doing or saying.
When I used to manage (I don't anymore because I got tired of office politics), if an employee wasn't up to snuff you went to HR. You outlined the employees short cummings and then You, HR, and the employee had a meeting. In the meeting it would be made very clear to the employee what was expected of them and what they needed to do to keep their job. They would be given a few weeks to get them selves in line and if they didn't they would be let go.
Things that are not ok that I've personally seen or heard about.
- if you don't get this done I'm going to {some form of physical assault}
- intentionally dressing down an employee Infront of their peers to embarrass them or intimidate the peers.
- threats about ruining their careers in some way or ensuring the never work in the industry again etc
- requiring them to perform demeaning tasks to keep their job
- various forms of verbally demeaning them
Basically narcissistic, psychopathic, and Sociopathic type behaviors are not ok. If an employee isn't up to snuff, get rid of them, do just keep them around and figuratively beat on them.