Answer by Strader for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with...
I would suggest to order audit on everything this one do and did in the company.Dishonesty tends to manifest in more than one way.You may find several reasons of firing him for cause and start legal...
View ArticleAnswer by Gray Sheep for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
First, maybe you may or may not have the legal reason to fire this employee on the state law.But, on the common ethic, you have every right to fire him.There could be a lot of reason, which can make...
View ArticleAnswer by Michael Shaw for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
The first question to consider, is can it truly remain an issue outside of work? By that I mean, does it affect either your, or your employee's ability to do their job, to work with their co-workers...
View ArticleAnswer by user for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my...
This is a big question, and first off I applaud you for being so professional about it. I'm sure there are plenty of people who wouldn't be, not in the least illustrated by all the comments (and...
View ArticleAnswer by Erik Reppen for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
The problem with his idea of keeping things separated is that you're not the one who mixed business with personal, he is. And when it's something as serious as sleeping with your wife, the two stay...
View ArticleAnswer by gerrit for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my...
It's your wife who has betrayed you. Perhaps one could say the employee has betrayed you. But surely the employee has not betrayed the company. If he is doing good work, firing him is an abuse of...
View ArticleAnswer by sarat for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my...
A person can't change his traits a lot. It's about broken trust which is quite personal. Mostly human mind won't follow the corporate and government rules when these kind of too personal things...
View ArticleAnswer by Chris Pitman for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
Another option all together:Were you already considering an exit strategy at some point? You own a 30-40 employee company, which isn't oo small. If you are not married to this company for life, and...
View ArticleAnswer by Alex Andronov for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
Imagine that you had two employees, and one of them slept with the other's wife.What would you do in that situation? The guy's actions, and the disruption to team dynamics aren't nothing. But you have...
View ArticleAnswer by Bill K for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my...
If you had slept with his wife would it be reasonable for him to expect you to leave the company? If not it seems like there might be an argument that if you fired him it might be an abuse of your...
View ArticleAnswer by David Espina for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
Fire him and deal with the downstream sequalae. Life is too short to work in an unhealthy environment. And I suspect you think you deserve better than how you have been recently treated. NOTHING is...
View ArticleAnswer by Cal for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my wife?
Being in a company for a long time doesn't prove anything, if he deserves to be fired for performance then so it is.However I believe you should look at the big picture and see how much you were...
View ArticleAnswer by Amd4632 for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with...
Sorry to hear about that, but these things do happen. Hopefully this helps but I recommend that first you find someone you can trust to talk to about it. My suggestions are as follows:Get someone else...
View ArticleAnswer by HLGEM for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my...
What concerns me most is the attitude in the statement "he's put too much work into the company to just get fired just because I'm the boss." This is a person who has access to all the source code for...
View ArticleAnswer by pdr for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with my wife?
Ok, someone needs to be a voice of reason here.You are absolutely right not to react while angry. Very wise decision. Even when you've taken on all the advice you can, calm down as much as you can...
View ArticleAnswer by AJ Henderson for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
I think it is really a question of a) would it be legal to fire him and b) would it be a larger negative impact to the company to have him there or not. That's really a decision only you can make. As...
View ArticleAnswer by Dibstar for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with...
In your shoes I would first speak to someone well-versed in employment law and see if their actions constitute a breach of trust. Their actions have clearly affected your working relationship to a...
View ArticleAnswer by A. Gilfrin for How should I deal with an employee who has slept...
I'm not sure anybody can really give you much advice here, I'm sorry that this has happened to you, over the last year I have gone through a marriage break up so on one level I know how difficult it is...
View ArticleAnswer by Dimitrios Mistriotis for How should I deal with an employee who has...
Strictly responding to the "business" aspect: I believe that one way or another the employee should go. We are in the case where we cannot have a proper functional working relationship. In this cases...
View ArticleAnswer by GreenMatt for How should I deal with an employee who has slept with...
My answer - if the law where you are allows it - is lock the guy out of all his accounts (and the building) and fire him immediately. Let him collect his physical stuff, give him whatever severance pay...
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