Oldsmobile needs a pay advance... AGAIN! This is his eighth of the year, and twenty-five (I'm not lying) in the four years he's been at DeltaHouse. And I'm finally putting my foot down. I'm not giving it to him.
I can't.
This won't change anything.
It doesn't solve Oldsmobile's problem: living ahead of his means.
If I give him an advance, he doesn't learn.
But do I let him starve (as he claims)? Do I let him not be able to get to work because he can't gas up the 1983 Olds that he rolls in?
Why should I give this fool money?
And the sad part is that I know that PlantGuy and TheBoss will tell me to do it, because they'll feel bad for him. I'm refusing this time. I'm flat refusing.
Today I snapped at him and asked, "When does this get better? When do you no longer need money?"
Why is this OK? Why it is OK for him to get a pay advance like he's asking for a glass of water? No one else asks for these more than maybe once a year (so it isn't the pay for the widget-making). EIGHT?!?!?! Eight's OK?
I'm telling him no, but I want someone to tell me why it's OK for DeltaHouse to keep bailing this fool out? If they can explain it to me, I'll give him the advance.
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Won't hear it's okay from me. I just had to tell my CEO the other day why we should not let an employee who was going from FT to on-call status continue her FT benefits. She wrote a letter stating she deserved it because of how long she had been here. I told our CEO no because then where does it end and how is that saving us money? Consistency is what I always fall back on. I say teach him a lesson!!
You need a reason for not giving him the advance. If you have no policies or established practices in place regarding this, you should. Consider establishing a maximum number of advances an employee can request per rolling calendar year. This eliminates the problem with Oldsmobile and anyone else down the road. In my opinion, no more than 2-3 advances per year should be allowed but it is really up to your business. Could they afford giving everyone advances like this if they requested?
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