1 month ago
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Dear Eric: Love your column and I think you give very solid advice. I wonder if you might have missed a little on your answer to the parent of the 22-year-old who works at the parent’s job but is unmotivated and doesn’t complete tasks (“Bad Coworker”). The daughter is most likely not going to listen to the parent’s two cents on this. In fact, she is going to need the real-world lesson here, I’m afraid.
The person who is the daughter’s supervisor is probably worried about offending the parent who also is her coworker. First the parent needs to go to the supervisor and basically say, “Throw the book at her!” Give that person carte blanche to treat the daughter as she would any other employee who wasn’t performing. The parent trying to tell the daughter will be in one ear and out the other.
