Let's take a poll: If you come to work and CHOOSE to play on your phone instead of working, is it your manager's fault for not motivating you?

@Justenjoyit Promote laziness?

@SW-User yes we all sit around for first 90 minutes chatting and laughing

@Justenjoyit Hey, if it works at your job, that's cool! I'm all for fun as long as the work still gets done.

@SW-User gets done better and quicker 👍️ plus no stress for me😊

@Justenjoyit That's cool! We just have certain things that have to be done at regular intervals (mandated by the State). Nothing hard at all. Just a brief bed check of the kids when they are asleep every 15 minutes. There are cameras everywhere, so they know if it's not being done.

@SW-User then tell him he can play after he gets the work done. You could try to reward him by allowing some time on his phone. When he breaks those rules, you can fire him.

@Mindful LOL! I would love to let him play on his phone, but see, their are cameras everywhere! lol

Yet Someone in upper mana garment is telling you that you need to motivate him? @SW-Userthen you need to humbly ask them for ideas. You can also ask him, how can I motivate you to work?

@Mindful No. Some idiot here on SW is telling me it's my job to motivate him. Now the dude is ASLEEP on his desk. This is AFTER I just told him to wake up and do his bed checks. I give up.

@SW-User ummm he needs to be referred to a counselor. And maybe you do need to spend time trying to understand him. Yes you are correct. He should be working. Yet he isn’t. Something isn’t right in his life. Sometimes we need to figure out what that is, before we just kick them out the door. I’ve had to fire a couple of people. But I made sure and tried to understand them and see if I could help them. Ultimately people who are lost need the outcome of reality before they can get things straight.
I think gaming is the new gambling addiction. People think it’s completely harmless but that’s not true. You can at least tell him he has an addiction that is interfering g with his job and he needs to find help.

I’m not I. Your shoes and in a way have no right to give you advice. So forgive me if I’m waaaay off.

@SW-User Take a pic of him sleeping and report to people above you.
Make sure you try to wake him up.
They may ask if you did that.
one place where I worked if a person fell asleep there was a number you were supposed to call if you could not wake them up not sure what you guys have in place there.
Is there a locker where he could keep his phone?
Management comes with a lot of headaches, I suppose.