Do you get the feeling sometimes that your customers don't like you? You might not be imagining it, according to recent research which uncovered almost eighty reasons why customers dislike salespeople. Here are the top seven.

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First, the risk is medium when the employee is probably to sue, but you have good papers showing a legitimate termination. After you have created this document, you need to learn how to use it. If you track attendance, you should write up a warning for each sick day he takes past the firm's standard. Before dismissing a jobholder, get the employee's personnel or workers folder to have all the relevant facts. He needs to stop being such a hard ass or get out of here.". When the time comes to layoff an employee, you must have a solid employee separation agreement prepared ahead of time. And, his boss has repeatedly warned him about his terrible performance over the past year. If the troublemaker is a poor performer, you must right away put him into progressive discipline and separate him when his productivity doesn't improve. In addition, the information provided in the notice must be thorough and detailed.

If you again sexually harass a coworker, customer or supplier of our business, we'll separate you summarily.". If you are a small business owner, terminating a high level employee may also be emotionally challenging because you have probably formed a close relationship with that individual. Last week your worker came to work reeking of alcohol, and you layoff him on the spot. In the past, I've had a supplier call me within an hour after sacking a jobholder. As an example, your risk of sacking is much less when the jobholder has punched his supervisor in the face - than when you layoff a high-performing 60-year-old employee to give your daughter-in-law his job. If you are dealing with insubordinate employees in your workplace, there are several things to consider before dealing with that employee.