With the employees that I have to manage, you love having them there and you don't really think about them leaving the company. The reality is, the front desk position is not a career position at a gym. This week, I had someone that decided to put their two week notice in because they had found a career opportunity that they wanted to pursue. Once you receive that two week notice, there are two problems that I have to be handled, especially in my case: 1) You have to start interviewing immediately to find a replacement and 2) How do you keep that person motivated to continue to be productive in the workplace until they depart from the company? The interviewing part wasn't so bad since I already had experience with interviewing for the janitorial position. The hardest part is the second phase of the two week notice when I mentioned that you have to keep them motivated. If someone knows that they are about to be done with a job, they tend to start to slack off which ultimately still affects our business. The approach I took with this was pretty much if you aren't going to be productive, then you can leave now and not wait for the two weeks. I was quite blunt with the situation and this particular employee because she did have her times where she would slack off and I knew that at some point during this two week notice, she would so I took care of the situation early to see where her head was at. She responded to it in a positive manner and still put forth a good effort even though she was leaving soon.
|
Archives
June 2015
Categories
|