I have an employee who I’ll call B. B joined us and got off to a good start but has recently faltered - having missed an all-hands and two weekly 1:1s with me - and is now producing no output at all.
I’ve asked B repeatedly - both as their boss and their friend (”never hire friends” feels true here!) - what’s wrong and if I can help, and I’ve had another employee who leads on admin, including HR, do the same.
We’ve received little in the way of responses. Examples include:
* “there’s not much to talk about”
* “i’m not sure i’m in the mood to talk about it right now” (which didn’t change days later)
* “it’s just so much i can’t even be arsed to explain tbh”
* “i just don’t even think there’s much to talk about”
* “I don’t really feel like going into it, it just feels quite foggy to me at the moment”
I’m erring on the side of just firing them, because I’ve made a concerted effort to get to the bottom of it and it’s an immense distraction from building our MVP, but I feel like I’m missing something. Any thoughts?
I’ve asked B repeatedly - both as their boss and their friend (”never hire friends” feels true here!) - what’s wrong and if I can help, and I’ve had another employee who leads on admin, including HR, do the same.
We’ve received little in the way of responses. Examples include:
* “there’s not much to talk about”
* “i’m not sure i’m in the mood to talk about it right now” (which didn’t change days later)
* “it’s just so much i can’t even be arsed to explain tbh”
* “i just don’t even think there’s much to talk about”
* “I don’t really feel like going into it, it just feels quite foggy to me at the moment”
I’m erring on the side of just firing them, because I’ve made a concerted effort to get to the bottom of it and it’s an immense distraction from building our MVP, but I feel like I’m missing something. Any thoughts?