I am again astonished at the number of young adults that can look right at "danger " and not recognized that it could hurt them. They hear the warnings, understand what those warnings mean and just stand there looking up in wonder at whatever threatens and simply they don't get out of the way.
Example: All of us knows that driving without a license is wrong. It victimizes almost every person in the offender's life. Sometimes it even harms complete strangers, if the unlicensed driver is in a wreak and is uninsured because of it.
So why are some people able to see how their actions affect themselves and others, while other people are oblivious and get mad at who ever catches them? I can’t even begin to answer that question.
This is a work place issue.
Every time an employee gets involved in one of these instances, where they do something that they do not recognize will harm them, drama invades their lives and overflows into the office and the entire business.
The loss of productivity caused by the stress and anxiety of the situation harms the bottom line, the attitude of those working in the establishment and even the reputation of the business, if deadlines are not met or attention is not paid to clients. Professionalism drops. No matter what managers do in dealing with these people, they never seem to go forward and business starts to revolve around the condition of the person in the most trouble.
It is professionalism verses an emotionally stunted work force. I know in these circumstances you probably would not hire someone with these problems. If eventually they let their drama over flow into your business you would probably reassign them or fire them. However, the less money the small business has, the more likely the business owner is going to be faced with this issue. We cannot just hire anyone off the street. We have to be able to hire people willing to learn and able to focus on the business at hand anytime they are in our employ.
Our Success depends on the quality of the people we hire.
It makes me think that short term contracts are the way to go for a small business such as mine. Contract them to provide a specific service then if their personal life flows over into their business life it won’t hurt the business. If they can’t meet the obligation of the contract they don’t get renewed. And they only get paid of course, according to fulfillment of the obligation. If they do a good job as a contractor and the business grows, one can offer the ones who are dependable and productive a job when one comes open. This also cuts the business's losses from a work force that hasn't learned to recognize behavior that can harm them.
Have a wonderful weekend,
~L
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