"The Secret to Having Happy Employees"
About 10 years ago I was having my annual holiday party, and my niece had come with her newly minted M.B.A. boyfriend. As he looked around the room, he noted that my employees seemed happy. I told him that I thought they were.
Then, figuring I would take his new degree for a test drive, I asked him how he thought I did that. “I’m sure you treat them well,” he replied.
“That’s half of it,” I said. “Do you know what the other half is?”
He didn’t have the answer, and neither have the many other people that I have told this story. So what is the answer? I fired the unhappy people. People usually laugh at this point. I wish I were kidding.
Read the whole thing.
The comments are fun. Some folks are just never going to get it no matter how carefully it had been explained.
As one who in a previous life has both been fired [best thing that ever happened to me, career-wise] and fired others [pretty much the worst part of the job, even when the firee desperately needs to be fired], he's right.
I just find it interesting how many commenters want to 'reframe' the situation to make him wrong.
Posted by: JorgXMcKie | March 30, 2010 at 01:56 PM