Question about Microsoft teams - activity?

Meetup
AfRX77

Go to company page Meetup

AfRX77
Aug 18, 2021 30 Comments

In Microsoft Team, is there a way to see how much a person been away each work day over the last 4 weeks? I have a new hire and he’s been “away” for hours each day.. already had to give him a warning 2 weeks in. Onboarding people remotely seems to be difficult to manage. I want to trust this guy but so far he’s not giving me any reasons to.

Edit: clearly my original post didn’t explain the situation very well.. or I didn’t give more context so here we go… this new hire has been in the team for 3.5weeks. He’s been a no show to meetings, very late to meetings, cancels onboarding meetings (like wtf?!), shows up very late in the mornings so missing training, lies often and caught and admitting to lies, the list goes on. I’ve had multiple 1:1s with him and last one about a week ago resulted in a warning. No improvement since. Last time I caught him in a lie was today because he was unreachable for 4hrs. My challenge is that my team is understaffed so I don’t want to cut anyone unless it’s absolutely necessary. I also want to give people the benefit of doubt because there can be shit in their lives that’s causing havoc. I’ve had many of these convos with his guy. What I also found out (that he himself admitted), is that he has another job that he works that’s causing the issues with this one. So I had told him that the ball is in his court to decide is he wants this gig or the latter. He agreed and said he would clean up his act. That was a while ago and still nothing. Again, if it wasn’t because of the bandwidth challenges on my team I would have cut him instead of giving that warnjng. Hopefully this explains the situation a bit more.

comments

Want to comment? LOG IN or SIGN UP
TOP 30 Comments
  • Is the problem that they're away too much and not getting work done or is it just that they're away too much? If the former then not sure you can do much besides talking to them about it in a 1:1. If the latter then you need to understand that your job is to ensure that your team operates successfully, not operates in a way you want them to.
    Aug 18, 2021 1
    • Meetup
      AfRX77

      Go to company page Meetup

      AfRX77
      OP
      I could care less if they’re online on teams or not. But this is a new hire and I’ve already had to give him a warning about not showing to meetings, joining late, lying. I know what I need to do but for some reason I want to give him the benefit of doubt
      Aug 18, 2021
  • McGriff, Seibels & Williams
    jhm2021

    McGriff, Seibels & Williams

    PRE
    HUB International, Brown & Brown Insurance, Wells Fargo
    jhm2021
    If he is performing work then dont be a micromanager. If not just get rid of him. Why care about his ability to move a mouse and click around? The onboarding remotely comment seemed a little SUS you must have hired them for a reason.
    Aug 18, 2021 3
    • McGriff, Seibels & Williams
      jhm2021

      McGriff, Seibels & Williams

      PRE
      HUB International, Brown & Brown Insurance, Wells Fargo
      jhm2021
      We use skype and I dont even open it I've been away since I shared me screen a month ago. I also dont put anything I do on the shared calendar. If someone else can do what I do at the same cost and efficiency I will hand them my keys and entry card. If I worked towards a PHD it would be that micromanagement is a sign of inadequate skills. The only thing Sus about me is my search history
      Aug 18, 2021
    • Meetup
      AfRX77

      Go to company page Meetup

      AfRX77
      OP
      Read some of my responses above. I don’t really care about a person being active in chat. It’s the least of my worries, but when you’re a no show to meetings, late to meetings (15-20mins), lying etc…
      Aug 18, 2021
  • Lol, if this person wants to slack can easily setup a software like caffeine to appear “available”. Can’t control this as long as this person gets work done should not matter.
    Aug 18, 2021 1
  • Sorry no support for micro managers; learn management skills how to make your team effectively instead of spy your team or judge based on team available status.

    Lots of way to handle this kind of situation; this is not something new, i bet even you also doing something like mute on meeting and driving or eating or bathing.

    Moral stop complaining as manager; focus on how can you become more communicative to team and softly ask this kind of concern in 1:1 discussion.
    Aug 18, 2021 5
    • Meetup
      AfRX77

      Go to company page Meetup

      AfRX77
      OP
      Did you read any of the other comments I made? If you have a new employee who is a no show to meetings, late to the meetings, cancels trainings, lie time and time again and CAUGHT lying, he admitting to lies etc.. wouldn’t you want to understand why? I would, which is why I’ve had multiple 1:1s with him, last one resulted in a warning. The piece I need to work on is not being soft and just cut him lose. My challenge with that approach is that my team is understaffed so don’t want to cut anyone without giving him a full blow chance. So strategically it may not be the best call to cut him… but me and my team can only accept so much. As an employer I want to have people in the team who is willing to invest in us as much as I want to invest in them. This dude hasn’t even been with my team for a full month and he’s acting this way. If you don’t think that’s a red flag then I don’t know what to say. Again, if my team wasn’t understaffed he’d be gone 2 weeks ago. 🤷‍♂️
      Aug 18, 2021
    • McGriff, Seibels & Williams
      jhm2021

      McGriff, Seibels & Williams

      PRE
      HUB International, Brown & Brown Insurance, Wells Fargo
      jhm2021
      Then yes cut him loose. He has probably worked enough to know you are shortstaffed. He is doing leetcode and working the second job. He knows you are short staffed so he either has major major personal issues or is playing the team like a violin.
      Aug 18, 2021
  • What’s the problem with being Away on Teams? Is he not getting his work done, or replying to messages on time?
    Aug 18, 2021 1