gear cutter
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2010
- Location
- MO, USA
I let a young guy go today. I have been going over this in my head for a while and I'm not sure I did the right thing. He's been with me for 8 months. When I hired him He stated he had some machining experience and he did. He showed up every day early. No drugs, no drinking problem, decent guy. A little naive and didn't always no when to keep his mouth shut. But a good kid overall.
Now the issues. My main machinist would set up a CNC mill or lathe and then his function was to operate, load unload and check parts. He was fast as hell at it but he just couldn't grasp checking his work. He knows how to read measuring tools quite well so I didn't understand why he kept overlooking this.
His other job was deburr of gears from the production machines. This he just didn't get. Out of 100 hindered parts he would leave burrs on 70%or them. I talked to him several times about each issue. He would straighten up for a couple days and then right back to missing details.
Today my foreman and I sat him down and talked to him. We asked him if he didn't understand what we expected of him. He said he did. We asked if he had what he needed to do the job. He said yes. I provide the tools he needed. We asked if our instructions are clear enough and if he had enough training. He said yes.
I asked him if he had any idea why he thought he was having so many problems doing this work. It is the same parts. repetitive work not a lot of changes. He stated that he has ADHD and that it wouldn't let him stay focused on the work. I asked if he takes anything for it and he said no. I asked if he ever thought about taking anything for it and he said no. He gave no explanation why.
My oldest daughter is really ADHD. Shes takes a prescription for it and she does fine. She worked for me over the summer and she did everything he was doing just fine.
Should I have tried working with him more? I know I can't tell him he has to be on medication to work for me. He gave no indication of going that route. The costs for rework and scrapped parts where starting to get up there. I know a little of his background from what my other employees have told me and it was pretty rough. Despite that he turned out pretty good. That is why I am second guessing my decision.
Any thoughts on this?
Now the issues. My main machinist would set up a CNC mill or lathe and then his function was to operate, load unload and check parts. He was fast as hell at it but he just couldn't grasp checking his work. He knows how to read measuring tools quite well so I didn't understand why he kept overlooking this.
His other job was deburr of gears from the production machines. This he just didn't get. Out of 100 hindered parts he would leave burrs on 70%or them. I talked to him several times about each issue. He would straighten up for a couple days and then right back to missing details.
Today my foreman and I sat him down and talked to him. We asked him if he didn't understand what we expected of him. He said he did. We asked if he had what he needed to do the job. He said yes. I provide the tools he needed. We asked if our instructions are clear enough and if he had enough training. He said yes.
I asked him if he had any idea why he thought he was having so many problems doing this work. It is the same parts. repetitive work not a lot of changes. He stated that he has ADHD and that it wouldn't let him stay focused on the work. I asked if he takes anything for it and he said no. I asked if he ever thought about taking anything for it and he said no. He gave no explanation why.
My oldest daughter is really ADHD. Shes takes a prescription for it and she does fine. She worked for me over the summer and she did everything he was doing just fine.
Should I have tried working with him more? I know I can't tell him he has to be on medication to work for me. He gave no indication of going that route. The costs for rework and scrapped parts where starting to get up there. I know a little of his background from what my other employees have told me and it was pretty rough. Despite that he turned out pretty good. That is why I am second guessing my decision.
Any thoughts on this?