How to manage lazy employee
Team members are not always stars, you will face at least once a lazy employee inside your team who is affecting the overall progress and other team members’ attitude. In such situation you must take an action immediately because having this employee inside your team longer will reflect on you badly in the future throughout the project, following actions you should take to deal with such employee÷
1- Document the situation: Keep accurate attendance records and monitor coffee and lunch breaks. Verify if work is going undone or if a project's completion is hindered by the lazy employee's lack of performance.
2- Confront the employee: Once you have your evidence, talk with the employee and ask them about their absences or their poor work performance. Find out if there is a valid reason for what you perceive as laziness.
3- Establish concrete goals and timelines for the employee's performance to improve: Check with them often to see if things are improving. They need to understand that they risk losing their job if their performance does not start to meet your expectations.
4- Give the employee the tools that he or she needs to get the job done: Often, employees are not lazy, they just have inadequate supplies to do the job. Make sure computers, other equipment, documentation, needed knowledge and office supplies are adequate to do the job. Provide additional training if necessary.
5- Encourage the employee to prioritize tasks and to maintain an organized work area: Sometimes an employee is just overwhelmed with what needs to be done and they end up looking lazy.
6- Meet with the employee at the end of the time period set out in your initial meeting: Discuss any progress that has been made and any areas that still need attention. Unfortunately, this may be the time to let the person go if no improvement has been seen.
7- Set up times for regular performance reviews with the employee: This ensures that they will continue to excel and will not relapse into lazy habits.
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