Has anyone here ever written up an employee?

I surpose it all depends on the labour laws on where you live, my advice is always deliver the argument in a very fair neutral way, once you have written something it could also be used against you because there are always two sides to a story, I always use meditation for dealing with problems in the workplace because that way you can allow the person to give their prospective on the situation and you can give yours, as a manager you can then understand the situation better and adapt.