sdandrea1 You can't fix stupid.
But you can teach them when they are young. I think a lot of things our younger folks do that I consider stupid are a result of them not being taught certain things when they are young. I guess too many parents think that their kids are going to learn stuff on their own. Kids today are not taught the common courtesies we were taught. They have no idea what proper "manners" are.
A study done recently which contradicts the believe to free range the kids until they are 5 or 6 then put them on the track. The new study showed to guide the youngsters starting from 2-3 years old.
I know my wife talked to the kids when they were 5-6 months old inside of her ( when their hearing nerve developed ). I had never seen a woman so dedicated to caring since she got pregnant. Even changed her diet for the sake of the fetus.
We figured if we don't pay attention to the development of our kids then we or the society will pay more down the road. A little effort along the way is better than unpleasant surprise in the future. Kind of hard to do with both the parents working, and we had made decisions to bring up the kids correctly instead of leaving more numbers in the bank for them. Money will run out or lost it's value, what we put into the kids will stay with them their whole life.
It's funny, sometimes to say the right thing at the right moment would have more impact then daily tutoring.
There's no substitute for a proper raising and no accounting for a poor one. My wife's grandmother's quote.
It's the Pussification of society. I have NEVER worked with a more stupid group of people than what we have right now.
It's amazing...they either CAN'T think for themselves or they REFUSE to think for themselves because they know someone else ( me) will have to do it for them.
I used to never dread getting up for work...now I do.
I used to never dread seeing their names on my caller id...now I do.
And it's all " the blame game" now. They are more concerned with who to blame on an issue than fixing it and moving on.
Gotta throw "lazy" in there too.
Typhoon It's amazing...they either CAN'T think for themselves or they REFUSE to think for themselves because they know someone else ( me) will have to do it for them.
Believe me, no one is that stupid. They're actually street smart to avoid pulling their own weight, lack of initiative....
Document, document, document...... so when it blows open you will have supporting evidence for what happened.
And if you are the "supervisor" It's part of your job to bear the burden of making decisions.
Do what's right, it'll pay up in life.
Release
What I hate is I have a sales job. They have now added the burden of supervising these morons. so now we never get to the sales part if our jobs. And guess what is down this year...to u guessed it!
Oh and they are NOT street smart...They are dummies. I'd u ever saw what they so day to day u would scratch your head in disbelief.
Example...we had a new hire on his 90 day probation period. He either called in sick or just didn't show up 26 of the days.
When the 90 days were up, instead of letting me fire him they kept him and gave him more time because they felt he didn't wok enough in those 90 days to fully see what kind of worker he was.
Documenting does nothing.
If you have over rode on their earning, which you should if you are supervising them. I'd train them to a point which they could bring in some worthy over ride for you.
If no over ride ? I'd get rid of this supervising deal. Free training to the others does not pay your bill if there is no over ride on their commission. I would also check around to see what's the industry standard for similar situation, better have that for your effort.
Of course, if there is no better way out, riding a donkey is always better than walking before you find a horse.
Have you talked to him and give him the benefit of the doubt before you X him out ? Sometimes there are good reasons, or hardship behind the scene.
Sales and marketing job is one of the toughest job to fulfill day in and day out. That include the person going to be seated in the Oval Office.
