AboutEd Parr Expertise How to organize employees, how to stop infighting, how to handle problem employees, and more. I have 25+ yrs. of managing within a variety of industries and labor environments. I have managed from 50 to 1,000 staff on projects with P&L responsibility ranging from $100K to $30MIL. I currently serve as a management consultant to business and government. I enjoy helping people, especially supervisors and managers, evolve in their careers.
Experience Over 15 years of senior management experience including: systems development, technical help desks, customer service, back-office operations, branch administration and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities have been as large as 1,000 professionals delivering projects with P&L as high as $30 million and assets totaling more than $10 billion. Customer interaction has ranged from customer service reps to CEOs.
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I own a hair salon/ day spa, and the operators are on a split 60 for them 40 percent for the house. A hairdresser resigned and did a nasty letter of resignation towards myself, she walked in today letter in hand and a copy to each and every one that works there. Is this legal can I do something, as it was very embarrassing and disrepectful.
I truly would like to do something about it, so as to set a precedent with the rest of the people. As it was humiliating and demeaning not only for me on personal level but to my business.
Thanks
Sonia
Answer Dear Sonia:
Thank you for your question. I regret your embarassment, but, in these situations, I always recommend you assess before reacting. Ask yourself the following questions:
1.) Is this person a reliable observer? Is her judgment respected by others?
2.) Could I have avoided this angry breakup, or should I have ended our relationship a long time ago?
3.) Can I become a better person by handling this event in a mature manner?
4.) Can I learn something from this disturbing situation?
Look, everybody must deal with people who don't like them, especially when you are a business owner/proprietor. So, if she is a flake, then chalk it up to learning better how to identify flakes in advance and NOT establishing a relationship with them. If she is a reliable person whose judgment is trusted by others, then you need to look at her accusations and decide how you can become a better manager, owner, person through self-improvement.
One last thing, no matter what you decide, vengence is never the right answer. Don't chase her with lawyers. If you put your attention on illwill and bad feelings, you will simply ATTRACT MORE of the SAME to you. Instead, look for the positive that can come of this bad experience. The universe is trying to send you a message. Try to understand the meaning of it in the context of your present and future life.
Sonia, I hope this response helps you resolve this challenge. Of course, feel free to email me follow-up questions. Please do rate me on AllExperts and give me your feedback if this response helped you. Your positive feedback helps sell my service to others who just read the first few lines of my questioners’ comments. (Translation: Please say nice things about me because this is all that visitors read on this site :-). Also, your candid feedback will help me advise others more effectively.
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