Tag: firing

November 7, 2017

Do You Have a Boat Anchor in Your Company?

If you have a boat stored in your back warehouse, you might. I am talking about the anchor you pay an hourly wage to and doesn’t do enough work to earn it. What are you waiting for? Cut that cord, now. I have not met a company that doesn’t have a boat anchor in their organization. The person who has been here so long he […]

March 29, 2016

What It Really Costs To Fire And Replace An Employee

You have an employee, let’s call him Dave. Your foreman, Sam, wants to let him go because he broke an insulating glass unit on the job today. It happened to be the last corner unit on a large job, and you’ll have to wait on a replacement unit and getting a final check. Not a pretty situation. Currently, there is one heck of a shortage of qualified […]