terminated employment

[stickboy1375]

I'd love to work alone. Or really with just one employee. But in doing a lot of new homes, I can't accomplish enough alone. It sounds easy to say just lose a few customers. But I've been there and when one key customer slows down, then I'm dead. Livin the dream.....:grin:

Oh, but please do send a resume. :grin:

I personally love working alone also, I'm the only employee, My boss does his thing I do mine, We meet in the morning and off we go are separate ways... Life is good...

 

[dwcaveney]

Keep who you want

Keep who you want

"It's not working out, I don't have any work for you now".

"Reduction in force, I got no work scheduled."

"Thanks for the help, the rides over, here's your check, give me a call when things pick up"

"I am having problems managing the current work force, thanks for the help, here's your check"

In California it's "at will employment" You can say nothing more than
"here's your check, I don't need you anymore".

If you give a reason, you run into disparate treatment claims, or you have to "prove the reason for dismissal" (ie. drunk on job, milk artist, insult customer, incompetent fool, drove to whorehouse, burned the building down, ad infinitem)

Most guys know why they are being fired/layed off.

Some companies try to get a guy to quit, so he can't draw against their unemployment insurance account. It's a CS way to go and it takes too long.

Here's the one I like the best my friend told me about:

"Thanks a lot for all the good work you've done for me over the years, you helped me build my business from nothing to a multi-million dollar corporation. You managed my business when I wasn't available, you placated irate customers, you ran the service and tech department. You helped me with personel decisions. You're the best employee I have ever had. Your apprentice told me, you and he stopped by de Borba's bar on the way back to the shop last night and had two beers. You're fired, hand me your keys, here's your check. If I see you on the property ever again I'll have you arrested for trespassing."

 

[jrannis]

I have layed off hunderds of people over the years. Only one time did I have a person that had a problem with it and cried.
I think there is an understanding in this business that when the work is done, its time to move on to the next one.
Non-bargaining such as office employees it is a little game to have the problem documented a couple of times and then let them go. That is when the "less said the better" rule comes in and the
"employee handbook" becomes very, very necessary.