JUDGE1162
ArboristSite Operative
update
I spoke to him on Friday, said It had come to my attention that he was working side jobs, I asked him if he knew that, doing so was against company policy and why he felt it was necessary to work these other jobs?
His response was, yes he knows it was against company policy to compete with the company, but he did not feel he was competing with the company with his side jobs. We discussed a few of his jobs and I agreed that for the most part that these jobs did not compete with me ad agreed that I was fine with him doing these other job as long as they did not complete with me and if did not effect his performance at work.
I then talked to him about equipment usage and ho I saw it as theft of the equipment, the seemed to be quite sorry, said he could not afford equipment, at which point I told him if you can’t afford the equipment then you should not being the work. I am not sure if he agreed with me as all he kept saying is I am not using the equipment on the weekends. I told him that he had broken company policy and that he was suspended for 3 day and the next time he used company equipment without permission I would have to let him go, figured it was a good week to do it as three days gives him the whole week off (since I don’t work turkey day or the Friday after) it will give him a week to cool his heels and either come back to work and work within my rules or find another job.
Thank you for all your input; it was nice to see his point of view and the point of view of other owners.
To reply to some of the points raised:
I don’t think his was work extra jobs to put food on the table, I pay my employees fairly to better then most companies, one of the reason most of my employees don’t leave. He likes his toys (ATV, Snowmobiles, Cars, etc) that is why he does the extra work.
The whole I should pay him off (give him a raise so he stops work other jobs) just seems wrong why should I reward bad behavior and what message does that send to other employees. The other side of tell him he owes me a cut of the work also does not seem fair to me, in fact if my boss would have said that to me I would have said FU and I quit..
I really don’t think he is planning to start his own company as he has no real equipment of his own, he has no insurance, and he really is doing small jobs.
Thanks again I’ll post another update once he come back from his suspension
I spoke to him on Friday, said It had come to my attention that he was working side jobs, I asked him if he knew that, doing so was against company policy and why he felt it was necessary to work these other jobs?
His response was, yes he knows it was against company policy to compete with the company, but he did not feel he was competing with the company with his side jobs. We discussed a few of his jobs and I agreed that for the most part that these jobs did not compete with me ad agreed that I was fine with him doing these other job as long as they did not complete with me and if did not effect his performance at work.
I then talked to him about equipment usage and ho I saw it as theft of the equipment, the seemed to be quite sorry, said he could not afford equipment, at which point I told him if you can’t afford the equipment then you should not being the work. I am not sure if he agreed with me as all he kept saying is I am not using the equipment on the weekends. I told him that he had broken company policy and that he was suspended for 3 day and the next time he used company equipment without permission I would have to let him go, figured it was a good week to do it as three days gives him the whole week off (since I don’t work turkey day or the Friday after) it will give him a week to cool his heels and either come back to work and work within my rules or find another job.
Thank you for all your input; it was nice to see his point of view and the point of view of other owners.
To reply to some of the points raised:
I don’t think his was work extra jobs to put food on the table, I pay my employees fairly to better then most companies, one of the reason most of my employees don’t leave. He likes his toys (ATV, Snowmobiles, Cars, etc) that is why he does the extra work.
The whole I should pay him off (give him a raise so he stops work other jobs) just seems wrong why should I reward bad behavior and what message does that send to other employees. The other side of tell him he owes me a cut of the work also does not seem fair to me, in fact if my boss would have said that to me I would have said FU and I quit..
I really don’t think he is planning to start his own company as he has no real equipment of his own, he has no insurance, and he really is doing small jobs.
Thanks again I’ll post another update once he come back from his suspension