Why bad employees don't get fired

Most people have had the unfortunate event of working with a less than capable employee and have wondered why the management doesn't do anything about it. It turns out that employers actually have what they think to be logical reasons for not firing a terrible employee. 1) They have a relationship with some one higher up. Not a dating relationship but maybe a golf or drinking buddy. 2) The boss relies on the employee for certain things. 3) The employee brings more value to the company than they cost. Meaning the can have great productivity. 4) It could be worse. Employers could be afraid of hiring some one who is an even worse worker than the ones they already have. 5) The boss is afraid of the employee. 6) The boss empathizes for employees that may have families to feed and may not be able to find another job else where. 7) They don’t want to go through the hiring process. 8) The employee may know some embarrassing fact of the employer and could also know how to run equipment no other employee does. 9) The employee could have fooled everyone and they have fallen into their charming ways and let them get by with things because they can sweet talk their way out of it. 10) They really aren’t bad employees. They might not be punctual but they get their work done.

Personally I think these reasons are rather ridiculous. I have worked with terribly lazy people before and it is not fun. They have to be told what to do all the time the most comical of these reasons is the one saying that the boss doesn’t want to go through the hiring process! Seriously, it may be hard work but could definitely pay off in the long run. Just a few minutes each day to look over potential candidates for replacement is really necessary. But most of these I can see why employers put off firing people. Especially if the worker is having financial difficulties and could have a hard time finding another job to support his or her families. But an employer should at least approach the employee and explain to them that more of an effort is needed and that they are endangering their jobs by not pulling their own weight.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/11/07/not.fired/index.html?iref=mpstoryview