Yeah, I went through a similar situation a few short weeks ago. I had a guy whom I bent over backwards to help any way I could. I once paid over 350 bucks to try to get his driver's license back for him. He said he lost them due to a speeding ticket.(turned out to be a lie, like most things this guy said) Anyway, I had repeatedly spoken with him about the decline of quality on the jobs he was doing, as he was in charge of the crew in my absense. I was TOO nice to this guy , as I have seen over the last few weeks. What topped it all off, was that for over a month as the summer heat increased, he wouldknock off early, and when questioned by other crew members, he would say"who's the supervisior?" Which, by the way is a title I NEVER bestowed upon him. The lists never got finished at the end of the day, which put you behind at the start of the next day.<br> The straw that broke the camel's back is as follows: He told me he needed to get off by 1:00 two days in a row. One day was some stupid reason, the other was for a urine test so "I can get my license back."<br>Turns out one day was for an interview at an<br>autoparts store, the other was to drug test for their employment. When I found out that he had put my customers on the back burner<br>to test for another job, I FIRED HIM like a 12-gauge!! I found out later that he had also been screwing me on the time sheets, too as he was in charge for filling them out for the crew.<br> I guess the bottom line to all of this is that none of us should get too close with our workers. I think it is a MAJOR mistake to get too chummy with employees, because they will use this against you, and walk all over you. Don't get me wrong, I do care for my people, and I want the BEST for them...but the minute you put it all on a personal level is the minute they will BURN you!! IT IS FOR THESE REASONS THAT I HAVE GONE TO A SALARY SYSTEM! It is really working well, and I don't have to worry about someone sandbagging the time sheets!<br>Also, I make out a route sheet for the day and it gets done. If they work past five to get it done, so be it. They no longer take an excessively long lunch, because they want to get off on time. As far as I am concerned a salary system is the only way to go.