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Problem at work...

Nocturnal

Lifer
I have a concern about an employee we recently hired. This employee put down that he is knowledgeable with computers such as Windows and Office. We use both said software titles on the job. He had a week of training with me and another manager. Out of all the hires that we have hired did a thorough one week of training and have managed to do the basics, which are: sales, activating, and customer service/interacting. I feel that he is a little slow on the job. He could not minimize/maximize a window, shut down a basic program, and follow simple given directions. Tonight he called me with some questions because he had a customer standing there asking about T-Mobile. I kept trying to tell him what to say and what the deal was. He could not comprehend (I think) and kept repeating himself to the customer. The customer eventually got fed up and walked away from the counter. Now, I?ve spoken to my HR man and he said to give him a week.

Now let me also tell you that his resume came in with many, many, many grammatical errors. He spelt the word title, ?tittle?.

My father, he has a sociology degree and works for the State. God bless his soul. Anyhow he wanted to work part-time as a cook or cook-helper at a little restaurant in the mall. He applied, got hired, and pretty much had a test run to see how he would do within the restaurant setting. On the second day they told him that they would have to let him go due to being too slow.

I really feel sorry for the guy because he is a nice guy. But I have to think about my sales and how to keep them up. If no sales are going to be happening and customers are going to be walking away, I have to say something, right?

What would you do in this type of situation?

Thank you so much in advance.

Nocturnal
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
unfortunately, it's business. If you are not usefull, they dont need you. That's how it is unfortunatley.
I wish I could disagree with you but I can't. Business sucks.
 
Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Originally posted by: Gibson486
unfortunately, it's business. If you are not usefull, they dont need you. That's how it is unfortunatley.
I wish I could disagree with you but I can't. Business sucks.

isn't that how it is in almost any work industry?
 
Tell him he has been Banned. And if he understands then don't fire him.

Btw i've heard that most people don't get hired if their resume has misspellings on it.
 
wow i'm really impressed tha someone like that could still get a job

you guys must have really bad interviewers
 
How hard is it to use spell check? If I was a manager of anything I wouldn't consider if you don't put any time into it =/

- Kevin
 
Originally posted by: notfred
You hired a guy who's resumé said "tittle" on it?

What bothers me is that you know the keyboard combination to write é. It's a little disturbing.
 
It's pretty obvious he has never used windows or microsoft words. It seems to me he has never used a spell checker in his life.
 
Don't be a d1ck. It's jerks like you that always think about the bottom line and forget about people, and this ultimately hurts the American economy. Give the guy a chance and tell him to shape up. Don't just watch the guy fail. Help him out.
 
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