I ve had someone employed since the new year for me .
Hours are 9-5.30pm with hour lunch - I m happy for people to go at 5 if work up to date .
I ve had issues with him with lateness and sickness which I had to give him a warning about at the beginning.
It has improved but he is still probably late once a week and sick a day a month ( which is now going through at ssp).
Work has picked up massively and I m having to do a lot of unpaid overtime to get something through, after which I do expect things will go back to normal.
He has had a bit more to do but has still been going at 5 - still fine with me if work is getting done .
I asked him to do something extra ,which he has done before , about 3.30pm that would have taken 10 mins .
He refused to do it and said his work load was too high .
After a 20 min somewhat circular conversation where I asked if his work load was high he wasn't staying till 530, it's that he doesn't like changing between tasks and the work can be done he just doesn't like doing it or the pace / the fact there is work all day .
It's also unfair that other people in different departments go earlier ( but anyone that works longer hours then him is nothing to do with him) and sitting at a desk 8 hours a day makes him ill.
After then discussing what happens if he gives notice and having a comment how can you monitor if I slack off - I ve had to say to him either give in your notice tomorrow or I ll give you notice.
I guess I m just frustrated that we almost seemed to be talking different languages and no doubt he would have gone home thinking how unfair it was .