if you had an employee that spent sayyyy an hour or so every day wandering around and talking to others, not doing their work (cause we all know there is always work the needs doing) would you keep them? or fire them?

it is almost an every day occurrence. not something that is only now and then.

 

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After warnings, if it persists, yes.. Fire them

It would depend upon a lot of other factors, like how good they are at their job when they are doing it, how they affect moral and how well liked and respected they are by others, and why their manager let them get away with it long enough for me to notice it.

how big are the tits?

 

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what field are we talking about here


the answer generally would be no. deal with him, talk with him about his behavior, give a formal warning and also document the meeting you had with the employee. tell him the consecuences he may face if his behavior does not change. after that, if it persist, give him the boot


now if he is a great employee that does all task and goes beyound what is expected, lifts the morals of other employees while not interfering with there work, then it can be a two bladed sword since you are allowing one employee that right while a troubling employee that does the same thing. double standards

 

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Important question.

Depends on the job type, the field, what they're walking around talking about...

I'm asked to go around talking to random employees for an hour or so a day so that I can keep an understanding of how the factory works and keep on good terms with people that I might need to talk to in the future about purchasing related problems.

*shrug*

 

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accounting

 

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is he talking buisness/getting invoices, information about projects


or is he rambling on about personal life

 

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nopers!

 

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I had a guy working for me once that spent 3 hours a day outside smoking. When people complained about it, I would point out that he had the highest customer compliment rating in the company, did more work in 1 hour than most did in 4, always was on time, dressed correctly, never called in sick, always came in when called, was a great guy, and his department was the most profitable, well ordered and on task in the company and that I didn't give a damn how many breaks you take as long if your job was being done perfectly.

Then I would tell him he was a stupid asshole for making everyone else look bad. Eventually when I moved on to run a new office, I promoted him to replace me. He had the most important skill a manager will ever need. The ability not to fix stuff that isn't broken and to not give a damn what everyone else thought about the way he did his job.