Question for business owners/managers/boss types

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

i almost had to fire my BEST FRIEND a couple of months ago.


we have been best friends for 20 years and he just got to where he didnt show up quite often.



i made the decision to fire him on a monday morning when he showed up for work and he came in and gave his 2 weeks notice saying "I know that i cant show up for work consistently enough to work for my friend..."

he had owned a construction company and was used to being able to go and do what he wanted when he wanted. my business isnt that way.

needless to say he's back to wood butchering

I did that to a friend several years ago. Slow winter so I took an electrical apprentice job for his union shop to put some food on the table. Couldn't handle the guys on his crew hiding in a room for half the day because they couldn't do the job faster than it was bid. Made an 8 hour day seem like 16 so I started showing up when I wanted to... Called him up a couple weeks later and told him exactly why I couldn't continue. Felt like an ass but there's no way I'm going to sit around playing that union game.