Sup guys, I have a delimma here, i have a long time friend/roomate/employee. He's a great DJ, always availble, good with music and all. but here's the thing, i have implemented new company policies, company handbook and all, and he does not want to associate with them at all, i give him the paperwork to sign and agree to and he just shruggs and leaves it on the side. I mean he is my friend also, but he does work for me and should listen. What would you do in this case. I dont want to fire him for it also...

Phil

Ask him what he thinks is wrong with the policies, and what he would change about them. Try to comprimise.

Kind of really depends on what's in the rules, I think you should keep him even if he doesn't want to sign, that is if he's worth it. but try to comprimise, can't we just all get along?

That's why friends should work together!.. But really, the best thing to do is sit down and talk to him, get his take on the new changes you made to the company, the new policies you added and such.. why is he going to sign? A no Compete contract? Just tell him that you feel it's in the companies best intrust that these changes be made.. ask for his feedback and help.. you said he is a friend too.. Just give him time to adjust if the changes where big changes.. he prolly isn't use to it yet and is use to doing the stuff the old way, if he still doesn't listen, you will be required to take disciplinary action.. it sucks, I know, even more so when you have friends or even family working for you, but I have a close friend who works for me, and we have a work relationship and a friend relationship, when we are at work, it's strictly work business and nothing more, when we are outside of work, then we are off and keep work at work.

Its very simple, he either listens or he won't have a job much longer, simple as that. IT doesn't matter if he's your friend or not, word of advice for the future....don't hire friends

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Originally posted by Blazin Beatz:
[qb] Its very simple, he either listens or he won't have a job much longer, simple as that. IT doesn't matter if he's your friend or not, word of advice for the future....don't hire friends [/qb]

Very well sad...could not have put it any better

Absolutely, there seems to be some kind of mis-communication going on here along with the relationship thing.

Business and pleasure don't mix and if it were me, I wouldn't bother pushing my luck, I'd discreetly break the business relationship before it gets messy, that way you maintain the friendship and someday when your friend comes asking for work, you can lay the paperwork on him then. Meantime find another neutral DJ.

ROQ out.

My rules are plain and simple, he never even took a look at it...so its not about the rules.

Well, before i took him into my biz, i knew of him from my best friend, afterwards i took on more gigs and needed more help thats when i asked him if he would like to work for me. This is all before i started to legalize my biz and all. ALso he was not much of my friend, and now he is...i know i shouldn't hire friends, and you know what i don't, i have friends always asking for a job, i say no. If i do hire them it'll be a mess. They will think just because they are my friend they can break rules and that i wont do anything about it. My DJ is great, and he is professional on the job.

Its a employee handbook that i made, very simple stuff, rules on the job, liabilities, etc.

You have to remember that when dealing with DJ's (yes even friends) that many of them have huge ego's. I have seen many DJ's who work for our company and others who think that they are better than everyone else. Now don't get me wrong, self confidence is a great attribute for a Disc Jockey, but if you own the company, you need to make sure he knows you are in charge. If you don't handle this immediately, in time he may try to get away with more and more. Maybe not show up for a Wedding, because he doesn't feel like it. The rest of the guys have great advice, with the sit down and talk, but you must let him know that even though he is a friend. He is still also an employee, and must follow the companies rules. Explain to him that they are for the greater good of the company. I hope you get this resolved shortly.

my top dj is my roomate, he has been patient and has worked with me as a 'roadie' for the past 4 months. he respects me and the equipemnt and knows how to handle a crowd. hire someone else if there is a problem, i have people come up to me all the time and ask if i need extra help. if he can't respect the fact that you are running a business and have policies then go elsewhere,

Sometimes friends won't take the business as serious as you do and i kno from my point of view it pisses the hell out of me! Because they are your friends they might not view you the way that your customers might and could take the high tech equipment for granted! I take a friend with me and at first he was in awww at all the equipment but got used to it real quick and thought he was a pro! Pro DJing takes many years and doesnt come buy just learning how to use a system! It showed how unprofessional he was just that he was ignerant to the fact that he didnt know everything and he still had much to learn!