Timeline for Should I enquire about my staff's private life?
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| Mar 3, 2014 at 4:07 | vote | accept | ProgDog | ||
| Feb 18, 2014 at 11:42 | history | edited | user5305 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 18, 2014 at 11:32 | comment | added | starsplusplus | Only when their personal life affects their work If he's falling asleep at the desk, it sounds like it is affecting his work. | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 8:41 | comment | added | user8036 | @Rhysw Sounds good to me ;-) | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 8:40 | history | edited | user5305 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 18, 2014 at 8:38 | comment | added | user8036 | @Rhysw Can you rephrase "Their personal lives have no impact on the work life"? As a fact it is incorrect. You probably meant to say something else. | |
| Dec 21, 2012 at 17:14 | comment | added | bethlakshmi | @RhysW - I'd keep it out of the party and in the office. The issue of falling at work asleep is a serious performance issue and not a party topic, and you want to raise it in a venue where will be taken seriously. At parties, keep the talk to the positive stuff. | |
| Dec 21, 2012 at 16:42 | comment | added | DJClayworth | @HRGEM Good point. It's also possible that the employee has shared info about their private life with HR, who are sometimes seen as more friendly than management. Even if they can't share, they might be able to alert you to the fact that there is a personal issue. | |
| Dec 14, 2012 at 19:24 | comment | added | HLGEM | The only thing I would add is that before bringing up a potential performanc eissue with an emplloyee, as a manger, you might want to get HRs advice on excatly how you should handle it. Sleeping onteh job can be a firing issue if not corrected and you need to make sure you handle the process of correcting his performance in whateverway your HR recommends. If you haven't had to correct an underperformer before, it is usually best to make sure you are doing things the way your company wants you to. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 15:17 | history | edited | user5305 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 13, 2012 at 15:10 | comment | added | DJClayworth | You might want to reword paragraph three, then. in any case I think having a serious talk about how their work isn't up to standard, and then inviting them for a drink as friends, is going to be problematic. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 14:58 | comment | added | DJClayworth | You have to be really careful about enquiring "as a friend", because even outside a work environment you are still this person's manager. If he doesn't want to talk about his personal life he is still going to find it awkward to say "no" to you. If he decides to formally complaint hat you have been prying into his personal life, the excuse "but I did it after work" isn't going to cut it. | |
| Dec 13, 2012 at 11:04 | history | answered | user5305 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |