Dear HR Friends,
I came across a client who is having a serious problem while dealing with Group D employees. Group D refers to peons. They misbehave with female employees and do not obey HODs. Management couldn't take any action because of the fear of losing employees.
Is there any way through which behavior can be changed or improved?
Ashish Kumar
From India, Mumbai
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11I came across a client who is having a serious problem while dealing with Group D employees. Group D refers to peons. They misbehave with female employees and do not obey HODs. Management couldn't take any action because of the fear of losing employees.
Is there any way through which behavior can be changed or improved?
Ashish Kumar
From India, Mumbai
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You better deploy male peons at their servcie when you are not in a position to admonish your clients. B.Saikumar
From India, Mumbai
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From India, Mumbai
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Dear Mr. Kumar,
You have to initiate disciplinary action against the errant employees to curb these bad tendencies and nip them in the bud. If you choose to ignore it, there will be more indiscipline. This one really is serious, so you can issue a charge sheet for insubordination and set an example.
From India, Pune
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You have to initiate disciplinary action against the errant employees to curb these bad tendencies and nip them in the bud. If you choose to ignore it, there will be more indiscipline. This one really is serious, so you can issue a charge sheet for insubordination and set an example.
From India, Pune
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I do not know what you people are talking about. Someone is misbehaving with female employees, and you say that you (organization) are helpless, timid, or cowardly, and nothing else.
If this happens to your sister working in another organization, what would you do? She can go to the police station if she wants, if you (and the organization) are not taking action. Do you want that to get published in the newspaper and become the talk of the town?
And you fear people will be leaving. If something happens to our fellow female employees and you are not able to take action - even though you have all legal means to do so - I presume there is seriously something wrong with your organization. Perhaps it is engaging in activities that go against ethical business practices, which these people are aware of. They may disclose this to others if you take action against them.
Balaji
From India, Madras
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If this happens to your sister working in another organization, what would you do? She can go to the police station if she wants, if you (and the organization) are not taking action. Do you want that to get published in the newspaper and become the talk of the town?
And you fear people will be leaving. If something happens to our fellow female employees and you are not able to take action - even though you have all legal means to do so - I presume there is seriously something wrong with your organization. Perhaps it is engaging in activities that go against ethical business practices, which these people are aware of. They may disclose this to others if you take action against them.
Balaji
From India, Madras
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Hi ASISH,
Mr. Balaji is right in saying that the management has become impotent. Is this the way to run a company? HR doesn't mean you should be goody-goody to everyone. Management has to be strong, and if any misbehavior is observed, especially with female employees, this has to be dealt with severely. Keeping quiet for fear of losing such employees shows that the management is weak. Furthermore, the peons will come to know of this, and they will intensify their antics. You are giving them the scope to do all this under the nose of the management! Don't buckle under pressure. Show that management is strong. Take such action as deems fit to teach them a lesson.
A good suggestion has come from Mr. Saikumar. Avoid recruiting lady employees in the future if you feel you are not able to handle these Class 4 employees. Ab initio recruit people who are of good behavior and filter out unwanted and undesirable ones. In this way, you can reduce your headache.
M.J. SUBRAMANYAM, BANGALORE
From India, Bangalore
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Mr. Balaji is right in saying that the management has become impotent. Is this the way to run a company? HR doesn't mean you should be goody-goody to everyone. Management has to be strong, and if any misbehavior is observed, especially with female employees, this has to be dealt with severely. Keeping quiet for fear of losing such employees shows that the management is weak. Furthermore, the peons will come to know of this, and they will intensify their antics. You are giving them the scope to do all this under the nose of the management! Don't buckle under pressure. Show that management is strong. Take such action as deems fit to teach them a lesson.
A good suggestion has come from Mr. Saikumar. Avoid recruiting lady employees in the future if you feel you are not able to handle these Class 4 employees. Ab initio recruit people who are of good behavior and filter out unwanted and undesirable ones. In this way, you can reduce your headache.
M.J. SUBRAMANYAM, BANGALORE
From India, Bangalore
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