Whenever I tell someone that I manage
a CVS/Pharmacy, one of the inevitable questions is, "Do you
get to fire people?" Well, of course I do. I'm
the boss. Firing, as well as hiring, is part of my
job. And do you know what? It's one of my favorite
parts of my job too. Am I evil and depraved?
Yes, but that's not the point......
As
managers go, I'm actually a pretty wussy boss. I admit
it. I tend to let a lot of employees get away with shit
that they probably shouldn't get away with. Lateness,
jacking around, picking their nose in front of customers, that
kind of thing. But in my defense, my managing style is
geared towards the quality employees. If I have an
employee who I think can be a star, I'll do everything I can to
make and keep them happy. And, on the flip side, since I
always
try to be fair, I end up keeping the slacker employees happy
as well. So be it. The way I look at it, I'd rather get the most out of
my good employees and deal with the bad ones the best I can,
rather than get next to nothing out of everyone. Hey, it's
just my style. It doesn't always work, but it keeps the store
running above average, if nothing else.
So that being said, now you can see why
canning certain people gives me great amounts of joy (only if,
of course, they're not one of the good ones). I even fired one slack-ass on her birthday. I still see
her standing there out in front of the store, balloons in hand,
tears running down her face, waiting for her ride. That's
what she gets for sneaking out 3 hours early on her Saturday
night shift. Hehehehe. Revenge is mine, sayeth the
Glenn.
And this past Sunday, I
had one of my better firings. On the Pretty Scale, I give
it about a 4, but on the Effectiveness Scale, I score it a big
10. On my vacation, one of my day people Denise was
arrested (which is whole other story, certainly) and ended up in
jail for a week and a half. Now, since I had no idea when
or if she was going to get out, I hired someone else to take her
spot. Well, on Sunday she suddenly showed up to talk to
me. She explained to me that the whole thing was a big mix-up
and, being the fair boss
that I am, I told her that even though I hired someone else, I'd
let her know if I could squeeze her back into the
schedule. She wasn't particularly thrilled with this, but
I think she understood. Although she definitely fell into
the Slacker Employee category, I was considering giving her a
second shot. I told her I'd call her later in
the week and that was that. Innocent enough.
But then the proverbial shit was about to hit the proverbial
fan. Ten minutes after she left, Maria, one of my
assistants, walked in for her 2-10 shift. And she wasn't
at all happy. Denise had confronted her in the parking lot
and let her have it. She called Maria a fat bitch and said
Maria cost her her job and that she was going to sue her ass off
for that. Apparently, Maria was the one who gave the
police Denise's home phone number and address (Hey, they have a
gun and a badge. The police get anything they want and
that's the policy). So needless to say, Maria was quite
shaken up. And, to make matters worse, Denise was still
in the parking lot, this time jawing with another one of my
employees who just got off work. When I heard that, I
bolted out the front doors into the parking lot to put an end to this whole
shitburger.
Glenn: "Can you tell me what the fuck you just said
to Maria?"
Denise: "Nothing. I'm just talking to
Carolyn."
Glenn: "Yeah, right. You confronted one of my
assistant managers so now you're fucking fired! Now get the hell out of here!"
Denise: "I
don't have to go anywhere! I'm not on CVS property
anymore!"
Glenn: "I don't give a shit where you are! You
have 10 seconds to get out of this parking lot
before you get arrested again!"
Denise: "Are you threatening me?"
Glenn: "It sure sounds that way, doesn't it?
Let me say it again, get the fuck out of here!"
And with that, she
left. Hopefully, never to be seen again. Like I
said, it wasn't pretty, but it sure was effective. And
although I was pretty worked up for a good hour afterwards, I'm
smiling about it now.
Hehehehe. It's good to be the
boss.
