Dan Martell - October 25, 2024


I trust my gut when letting people go


Episode Stats


Length

36 seconds

Words per minute

254.29362

Word count

153

Sentence count

10


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about how to deal with a situation where your employee is unable to come to work because they are in the hospital, and how to handle that situation. I also talk about when a new employee tells you that they can't come in because they're in a car accident and you have to go visit them at the hospital.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 This one time, this guy I'd just hired,
00:00:02.520 he'd been with me for two months,
00:00:03.940 said that he got in a car accident,
00:00:05.320 he was in the hospital and he couldn't come to work.
00:00:06.900 So I felt so bad that I drove two hours
00:00:09.540 to go visit him at the hospital.
00:00:11.280 No sign of this guy at the hospital.
00:00:13.140 I drive to the address that he gave when we hired him
00:00:15.900 and his roommate answers and says,
00:00:17.500 no, he's been at his girlfriend's for the last week.
00:00:20.040 So I go, do you have their address?
00:00:21.340 Yes. And I knock on the door and she answers.
00:00:23.300 I said, is he here?
00:00:24.180 And she gets them.
00:00:25.120 And I said, we're done.
00:00:26.820 So now I just trust my gut.
00:00:28.340 If something tells me they're probably not a fit
00:00:30.560 and I'm micromanaging them now
00:00:31.980 and I'm concerned on their performance,
00:00:34.300 it's probably not gonna get better.