Comments on: When an employee throws a temper tantrum https://www.evilhrlady.org/2012/07/when-an-employee-throws-a-temper-tantrum.html Everything to make HR better Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:45:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Elizabeth West https://www.evilhrlady.org/2012/07/when-an-employee-throws-a-temper-tantrum.html#comment-36560 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:45:16 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2432#comment-36560 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

Thanks. No matter how bad it gets, I CAN ALWAYS LEAVE. That was one of the things that was contributing to my frustration; because of the recession, I felt I had to put up with it.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2012/07/when-an-employee-throws-a-temper-tantrum.html#comment-36459 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:16:56 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2432#comment-36459 In reply to Another Evil HR Director.

Ha! That’s an excellent point and I totally did not think about that.

]]> By: Another Evil HR Director https://www.evilhrlady.org/2012/07/when-an-employee-throws-a-temper-tantrum.html#comment-36453 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:46:34 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2432#comment-36453 Excellent response, Suzanne! One thing I would add to the PIP: that he is expected to adhere to all company policies and procedures even beyond the period noted in the PIP (whether you call it a probationary period, or not). Almost anyone can be “good” for 60 or 90 days; so you need to be sure you’re clear he must continue to perform as expected even beyond that period. I have had employees come back and say “but I was good through the probationary period! Just because I screwed up on day 91, you shouldn’t fire me!:. Yep, it happens.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2012/07/when-an-employee-throws-a-temper-tantrum.html#comment-36375 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:50:08 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2432#comment-36375 In reply to Elizabeth West.

Yeah! I’m so happy to hear that the PIP helped. I love it when they actually work to fix a problem.

]]> By: Elizabeth West https://www.evilhrlady.org/2012/07/when-an-employee-throws-a-temper-tantrum.html#comment-36372 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:42:22 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=2432#comment-36372 Yep, having been this employee, I can definitely say the PIP helps. The suggestions on how he can handle his frustration will be extremely helpful. There will be resentment at first (“What?! I’m not this way! They suck!” etc.), but it might actually give him a wake-up call. Since he’s relatively new to the working world, you’ll be doing him a favor by helping him nip this behavior in the bud before it becomes entrenched and damages his career.

My PIP experience gave me this insight: it is a huge waste of energy to lose it over stuff I can’t control, and if I do leave a job over those things it’s better to do it on MY terms (i.e. a polite resignation) rather than be tossed out. I worked hard to get back on track and even though they ended up laying me and several others off, I was assured it wasn’t because of my performance.

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