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MR. CLASSIFIED
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Ask the Guys Dear Classified Guys, I run a family owned business and contrary to my first impression, I hired my son-in-law as the Shipping Manager for our company. It wasn't long before his poor performance started showing. Many of my customers were calling to complain of incorrect orders or late delivery. Now I find myself in a dilemma. I placed an ad in the newspaper for his replacement and found a much better applicant. I even had my son-in law interview the guy hoping he would get the idea, but that backfired. Now he thinks he's being promoted. Any ideas on how to let him know he should start looking for another job?
Duane “Cash” Holze & Todd “Carry” Holze 06/20/21 ©The Classified Guys®
fired, he probably has no idea that he's doing a poor job at your company either. Before you replace him, you may want to discuss his job performance so he can understand what he is doing wrong. Carry: Considering he's part of your family, he's certainly deserving of that. Maybe he can correct his erroneous shipping methods. Cash: As the owner of the company, it's important you set a good management example. For starters, you should be handling your son-in-law as you would any other employee. Give him specifics on what's going wrong and how to improve. Let him know what you expect from him in his position. Carry: Put the expectations in
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Cash: That depends. How well
is the marriage to your daughter going? Carry: To be honest, it sounds like you took a risk with your sonin-law from the beginning. Then, placing an ad in the newspaper and hoping he'd get the hint when interviewing the applicant was not a very professional way to handle the situation. Cash: If your son-in-law doesn't realize that he's about to be
writing so it is clearly understood. That way if he still doesn't perform the job functions, it is much easier to discuss in the future. Cash: And make sure what happens at the office stays at the office. Avoid bringing up his job performance at home or over a dinner table. Carry: You may also find from your conversations that your sonin-law has talents in departments other than shipping. Find out what his goals are and maybe you can have him work somewhere else in your company instead of letting him go. Cash: However, if he is truly prone to making mistakes, certainly don't put him in your accounting department.
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Thinking of hiring family into the business? It's done more often than you think. You don't have to look far for examples. Donald Trump hired his children into the family real estate business. Dr. Phil helped his son find a job in Hollywood. And names like the Kennedy's or George Bush are self-explanatory. Adding family employees often results in stronger family bonds and offers dedicated workers or successors.
I work for a small manufacturing company and for the past few weeks we have been plagued with shipping problems. First we shipped a large order to the wrong location. Then we missed an important deadline for a brand new customer. Worse, we accidentally shipped a customer's product to his competitor. So one Monday morning it was nice to hear the president of the company get on the PA system and say, "I'd like to thank everyone. Last week, we shipped all of our orders with absolutely no errors." As the employees cheered, the president then added, "And to our Shipping Manager, Joe, I'd like to thank you for being on vacation last week." (Thanks to Chris H.)
Stock Up Wal-Mart, Ford and Motorolla. Combined they have annual sales exceeding 400 billion dollars and are traded daily on the NY Stock Exchange. However, they have even more in common. All of them started out as family-owned and operated. And certainly, they are not alone. Today about 85% of all businesses in North America are family-owned and have a major impact on the economy. More surprisingly, they account for about 60% of total U.S. employment, 65% of wages paid out and about 78% of all new jobs. •
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Vegreville’s Annual Household Hazardous Waste Round-Up Workers receiving and sorting hazardous waste at the site. (Rosanne Fortier/Photos)
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Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent
It was an environmentally friendly day on June 19 when people were able to bring their recyclable electronics, paints, paint cans, tires, used oil materials and other items that were recyclables to the Central Recycling Drop-Off Centre in Vegreville. It was the 12th year the Household Hazardous Waste Round-up has been held in Vegreville.
