The Habitat Management Survey: When a Popular Employee Merits Firing
Sept. 1, 2014 — This past year, one of our buildings faced a very difficult staffing issue, one that involved a long-term and well-liked building employee. The employee was involved in an incident in the building that the board felt merited dismissal. But he was popular, and a number of the shareholders were very vocal in their protests. The board and our office worked through a host of options and then had extensive discussions with most of the shareholders in the building.
In the end, the employee was not terminated (although he faced penalties stemming from the incident).
This sort of negotiation is not typical in such cases, but neither was the situation with which we were dealing. Usually, the board and the manager agree on how to handle a personnel matter and that decision is carried out. In the end, I think the process here was good because everyone became a little more educated about building staff and their unique relationship to the property. — Donald E. Wilson, President, Blue Woods Management Group
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