There has been a time when I lost a friend due to an issue at work. In the workplace, I’m a hard worker that puts a lot of effort into my job. I'm an employee that respects all customers and one who follows all the rules. I'm never standing around or acting lazy on the job. One action that annoys me the most is laziness. When I’m doing all the work and the other employees are messing around or not helping at all, it bothers me. So I have been working at my job for 2 years now and a couple months ago I got one of my good friends a job where I work. The issue with my friend working at my job is that I'm noticing him being a little lazy and taking advantage of me. Since I work with him, he thinks he doesn't have to work as hard and thinks it’s just a party at work. I recently told him if he doesn’t act up and start putting more effort into this job he will get fired. Although he is my friend, I have to make sure he has a good work ethic and be thankful for me helping him get a job. In the end, I fired my friend since he put no effort and no emotions into his job. Since we fired him I haven’t spoken or seen him in a while. When you’re working with a friend make sure you act professional.
Im sorry about you and your friend. Its always hard losing friends, and especially in this situation its hard because you lost him because of a work related issue. In my experience I've also learned that its really hard to work with friends, mixing work and the people you normally associate with leisure time, can be quite tricky. Im impressed with the way you handled yourself in this situation. Its good that you were able to notice that he was taking advantage of you and that it wasnt ok. Even though he probably didnt appreciate you firing him and that probably cost your friendship. In his eyes, it may have looked like you weren't being a good friend. But in my opinion i believe that you actually were demonstrating what a real friend should be. I think what you did, and how you handled the situation was mature, and it shows that you really cared about him as a friend to confront him when he is messing up. In the end he learned a valuable lesson about work ethic, and behavior in a workplace. So maybe later on in his life he wont make the same mistake twice. He was lucky to have you as his boss then, because if it was a whole different situation and he had a boss that wasnt his friend then i dont think the situation would've turned out as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your companies move in firing your friend. I think it is important to stay professional in a professional business environment. If anything is in the way of stopping you getting to the top, you have to do something about it and regardless of him being your friend, you still made the right move. Also it looks bad on you if you referenced your friend and under your name he isn't working as hard as you referenced he did.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you, I am the exact same way at work and while I have never helped a friend get hired I have friends that I have made at work and they are occasionally the same way. I get really irritated because they do not do their jobs and they expect me to pick up the slack. Now I have become fed up and instead of putting up with them and just working harder I now just tell them what to do. I know that may come off as bossy but it works and now the work is more equal.
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