How much are you willing to work?

One of my employees has voiced an interest in another position, actually a management position that opened up. I told him it might be a good fit for him. This despite giving him a 50% rating last year. Actually, part of me would rather see him move on so I don't have to deal with him anymore.

I know the person in the position currently (she's leaving end of month) and she probably averages 10-12 hour days. She's a good manager. In reviewing the position with him, I asked him how hard he's willing to work.

His reply: 80%.

Explains a lot.

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SW-User

He doesn't want to work and should be in entry level positions.. that person has No ambition whatsoever and probably watches the clock all day until he can leave... He'd be a useless manager

JohnYahYah · 61-69, M

@SW-User sometimes smart but lazy people make excellent managers. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem smart.

TamAngel · F

@SW-User He had the cushiest position previously as a consultant, then hired on at an execs insistance. Rumor is because he was doing things like setting up an execs home wireless and the execs kid's Xbox.

2017 they re-organized and moved him into IT support reporting to me. I could never get him to document or vocalize how much time he spent in his previous role, he just kept saying it was "important". I have someone else doing the same thing he used to do only part time (maybe 10%).

He's really just an over-glorified admin. A very well paid admin.

TamAngel · F

@JohnYahYah He's certainly in over his head. Actually, I don't know what expertise he has, that's part of the problem here.

SW-User

@TamAngel I bet if he interviewed for his own job today, he'd not get hired, by the sounds of things he most likely needs to be sidelined and pushed out

The 50% rating you gave him last year is unacceptable tbh if he's getting very well paid. There are good people who would work harder for less

JohnYahYah · 61-69, M

@TamAngel Perhaps he is smarter than I thought after all.

JohnYahYah · 61-69, M

@SW-User I'm curious why her 50% rating was effectively ignored by management. Perhaps this guy isn't the primary problem, the company culture is.

TamAngel · F

@JohnYahYah It was not ignored, it's a low rating, but we like to review if we can find them something more suited to their expertise rather than just boot them out.

JohnYahYah · 61-69, M

@TamAngel I guess I'm not used to your company's percentage rating system. To me, "50%" sounds abysmally bad, like a failing grade, but maybe it just means low-average to your company?

TamAngel · F

@SW-User I wouldn't hire him.

TamAngel · F

@JohnYahYah It's below average and corresponds to the % of pay with bonus, but I didn't give him a pay increase, he didn't deserve it.