Today was a very interesting day to say the least. Managing a gym is pretty fun job, but can be a pretty difficult job as well. As the manager of the gym, I manage the front desk staff, as well as the janitorial staff. The janitorial staff is one of the most important jobs in a gym because a clean gym leads to happy members. If the gym is half done, it leads to angry members and a lot of complaints that I have to hear about when I come in for my shift. Well, when I came in for my shift today, I was immediately notified of my evening shift janitor and how he hasn't been producing like he should be lately from members and my lead janitor. I am the type of person that wants to see the work for themself before making any long term decisions just because I feel that is fair to employees. Since I am not at the gym during the evening hours and my lead janitor comes in at 5am to start her shift, I had her take pictures of everything that was missed by my evening shift janitor for the weekend so that I could get a better feel for what was going on. Needless to say the pictures told the truth. My morning shift janitor was basically cleaning for two every day that she was coming into work and that is not fair to her.
I have never been in a position where I had to fire anyone but I felt as though the time to do so was now. At the end of the day, it was a business decision for me and the company. I think that I handled it pretty well considering it was my first time firing someone. I think that if I could go back and change one thing about how the whole process worked, I wouldn't have taken so long to actually let him go. I think that for a while, I let my emotions make the decision for me instead of me actually making the decision based on a business aspect. In any type of business, you have to be firm on your decisions and don't waste time thinking about what you should do. We need to act off of instinct especially if we know that it will cost the company money in the long run if nothing is done about the situation.
I have never been in a position where I had to fire anyone but I felt as though the time to do so was now. At the end of the day, it was a business decision for me and the company. I think that I handled it pretty well considering it was my first time firing someone. I think that if I could go back and change one thing about how the whole process worked, I wouldn't have taken so long to actually let him go. I think that for a while, I let my emotions make the decision for me instead of me actually making the decision based on a business aspect. In any type of business, you have to be firm on your decisions and don't waste time thinking about what you should do. We need to act off of instinct especially if we know that it will cost the company money in the long run if nothing is done about the situation.