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Author Topic: How to get an employee to be more "upbeat?" Joel N. Weber II Expert Film Handler Posts: 115 From: Somerville, MA, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 08-18-2007 09:31 AM                     quote: Phil Hill I dunno Louis...I don't think terminating the kid is the answer. I think that should be a last resort. The kid deserves a fair shot at a job that he's capable of handling. Ya know, "the right person for the right job." Don't know his age, but being fired as a young man for being "a bore" would probably emotionally scar him for life...how sad. I get the impression that Mike doesn't employ anyone who's just a projectionist, and that may mean that everyone working for Mike has to interact with the public. If that's the case, maybe helping this employee to find a job that he's better suited to somewhere else and allowing him to work at the theater until then could create a situation where everyone feels like they're winning. If you're lucky, this employee may find that his new job is clearly better for him than the theater job, and not have any hard feelings at all.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 08-20-2007 08:34 AM                    Start calling him "Smiley".  |  IP: Logged Kevin Raisler Film Handler Posts: 52 From: Warsaw, IN, USA Registered: Jun 2003 posted 09-02-2007 02:37 AM                    Just make him the Projection Manager thats what they did with me, now I'm really anti-social.... go figure....  |  IP: Logged Steven Gorsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 146 From: Frederick, MD, USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-02-2007 07:34 AM                        He sounds a bit like me - maybe he has Asperger syndrome. Like some others said the booth would be a good place, or you could make him an usher and keep him assigned to cleaning the auditorium.  |  IP: Logged Joel N. Weber II Expert Film Handler Posts: 115 From: Somerville, MA, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 09-08-2007 02:52 PM                     Or maybe just faceblindness. If, for whatever reason, he isn't ever going to be the ideal person for interacting with the public, usher doesn't make very much sense to me. And it sounds like he has the ability to accomplish a lot in life beyond just cleaning, even if he doesn't end up interacting with other people so much in the long run.  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 10-06-2007 06:05 PM                        quote: Frank Angel Then there's Brad's most excellent suggestion -- the all-powerful get him laid prescription. More than likely it will work wonders. Cautionary note tho -- it might take mulitple doses. Hey. Get me laid more than once and I'll work for minimum wage. On a more serious note, don't force a phony personality onto someone. When you go to places like fast food restaurants and the workers do that "ThankyouforcomingtoBob'Burgershaveaniceday" or when you leave a plane and after ignoring you for the entire flight, the flight attendants say, "buhbye...buhbye", it's much worse than saying nothing at all. The question isn't whether he's smiling or perky, it's whether he's attentive. If he serves the customers quickly and efficiently and isn't brusque, that's all the customers really want.  |  IP: Logged

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