Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Hodja Date:   5/27/2018 9:09:29 AM

I hear you.  I had a 70 year old engineer who happened to be Indian.  He was in very ill health, used all of his sick leave and annual leave, and then asked for donations.  We were moving refusing his request for leave wihout pay (which would have forced him into retirement), and then he popped back in.  He could barely walk, his "technology" was trucks, which don't have many, if any, export issues.  My deputy used to talk with him daily, pointing out all the advantages of retirement, including the fact that he was basically working for nothing, but he wouldn't give and there was nothing we could do about it.  Now that is a case where having the hammar to be able to fire him or him retire would have been a great thing.  He was just taking up time and space.  

You know, when employees are hired, they are on a 3 year probation period, meaning that they can be let go, without  appeals "with cause".  That fact is not utilized nearly enough.