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So this post is probably going to come off more as a vent but I guess I am looking for some support and or advice on what your opinions are here. Today a pretty good employee of mine that has been with us for 2 years wrecked the taillight of one of my trucks and its really quite a long story how the incident occurred. But regardless, I had to jump in the middle of it and reprimand like 5 employees involved including my operations manager and warehouse manager. And I just feel down about the whole situation because I would really not prefer to have to raise my voice at employees and threaten them. But today if felt like a situation where it seemed necessary to jump in and put some people in their places because everyone was pointed fingers without taking blame.
So I guess where I am going with this is, I just feel kinda bad that I had to straighten out people and I was upset and raised my voice. I didn't want to at all and it is Friday and I wanted to just enjoy my day. But everyone involved truthfully deserved being reprimanded. But for some reason it still makes me feel bad that it had to happen. I am not even upset about the vehicle I am more upset that everyone was not following protocol which lead to the incident. I wrote some people up and almost fired the employee. Long day to say the least. I think it has something to do with the fact that I feel close like friends with my operations manager especially and I really let him have it. But I am a firm believer that business and friendship have to be separated and I let know that quite clearly today.
How do you guys cope with these situations? I can't be the only one.
So I guess where I am going with this is, I just feel kinda bad that I had to straighten out people and I was upset and raised my voice. I didn't want to at all and it is Friday and I wanted to just enjoy my day. But everyone involved truthfully deserved being reprimanded. But for some reason it still makes me feel bad that it had to happen. I am not even upset about the vehicle I am more upset that everyone was not following protocol which lead to the incident. I wrote some people up and almost fired the employee. Long day to say the least. I think it has something to do with the fact that I feel close like friends with my operations manager especially and I really let him have it. But I am a firm believer that business and friendship have to be separated and I let know that quite clearly today.
How do you guys cope with these situations? I can't be the only one.