Dealing with delinquent employees is a big headache for all employers across the world. I have my fair share of pains with the experience in India. One might say i am a foreigner so I am not equipped or that i am prejudiced.
Interestingly, several Indian employers were pouring their woes to me too. Out of those conversations, one common factor became apparent. It appears that employees expect that their employers are not interested in their welfare and will not wish the best for them. Hence employees think it is necessary to lie to avoid any cost to them.
An employer told me that her staff had secretly found a job that is better in pay and she would have been happy to let the staff go with blessings. She was going to tell that staff that if after some time, the job does not pan out, to return because the job will be there for her. However, the staff chose to lie and told some elaborately fabricated story to buy empathy and understanding instead of telling the truth about finding another job.
Interesting how the truth always has a way of surfacing. Somehow the employer found out that she was lying 2 weeks before the last day. The employer said the goodwill to leave the door open was taken back because there was no more trust. Instead of allowing the staff to leave earlier [agreed out of empathy created by the lie], the employer insisted that the staff served till the last day which is the contractual obligation.
So the employee paid the price of lying instead. The truth would have gotten her goodwill. Such is the ageless and unchanging wisdom that the foolish refuse to accept.
Not all employees are bad – I have 4 angels. Not all employers are bad. Delinquent employees [a few bad apples] spoil the environment for other employees.
Incalcitrant ones only destroy their own future.
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