There comes a time when change is required. It is inevitable and attempting to deny it is futile. Last year I was forced to replace 75% of the male staff of the club. Some of them were friends for many years and it was not an enjoyable experience. At the same time we were acquiring the club in Prague and within a matter of months their entire staff was also replaced.
I have never been a big fan of change and I can admittedly be a bit of a "soft touch". I always feel bad for people even when they are undeserving. Working in the capacity that I have been for as long as I have been has taught me to better deal with the unenviable task of replacing employees. There comes a time when someone no longer is performing their function to the levels required to maintain a healthy business. It appears increasingly clear that the time is once again drawing near when I must let a member of our staff go.
After numerous talks with him explaining the importance of performing their job as specified by the company they continue to fail in their tasks. It is always an unfortunate event when you can not save someone from himself. You must look at all the positives they have brought to the establishment in their tenure. But you also have to reconcile the fact that they are no longer the same employee you hired. More often then not people develop a false sense of entitlement when they have been at a job too long. Their performance begins to slip and that is the case here.
So now I am stuck with deciding when is the best time to inform the soon to be former employee that their services will no longer be required. Being the holiday season and all this creates a bit more pressure. Is it better to get it over and done with before the holiday? Should you try to tolerate the lack of effort for a few more weeks just to make it through the holidays? As you know by now I was once demoted on my birthday so I can relate with just how much that sucks. But one thing is for certain. If you visit the club next year you will once again see changes made. After all, change is inevitable...
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Wow youre becoming quite prolific. I think you are posting as often as Stephen King writes a new book. I figured by now you would have stopped posting as much or turned it into a blog full of pictures and videos of the dancers. You can use google adsense and theoretically make money if you have enough readers. I did see the warning message before visiting the site so maybe you already had that in mind.
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