CornerstoneCPA wrote:Is Hawaii an at-will employment state?
Yes, At-will.
Frankly wrote:"let him go" - sounds like doing someone a big favor, letting him out of a cage, freeing an imprisoned person. What a nice boss to let someone go.
Am I being a jerk?
CaptCook wrote:ItDepends wrote:But I have an at-will employee...
If this is an accurate description of your arrangement, then don't let this person take any more of your bandwidth. Assuming you have other employees, this person is probably bringing them down too.
More importantly, spend a few dollars with a trusted attorney on this question. You'll pay for that consult many times over if you don't otherwise handle it appropriately.
I will, thank you.
makbo wrote:CaptCook wrote:ItDepends wrote:But I have an at-will employee...
If this is an accurate description of your arrangement, then don't let this person take any more of your bandwidth. Assuming you have other employees, this person is probably bringing them down too.
Yeah, it's harder to tell what's worse, the employee who is not a good fit for the job, or the incompetent manager who hired said employee.
At least the employee should be eligible for Unemployment Comp if not fired for cause and not resigning voluntarily.
If I was the person who hired this employee you would be right - I've made some terrible mistakes. But my office manager is a diamond and I can't blame her. The employee claimed to have resigned from a big tax firm as a multi-office manager after 30 years there and looked like a great find. Now it seems that she was let go from there (she lied to us - but not sure if can prove it or if it matters).
I'll allow this person to resign of course, but I'll take the UI hit with no grudge. I don't intend to "make up" any gross misconduct causes to avoid it, etc.