Something I've been thinking about for quite some time, but still don't have a great answer to: how should you manage people who are nice but can't seem to do the work? https://jacobian.org/2023/mar/28/incompetent-but-nice/
@ehashman@toot.cat@jacob I've had colleagues like this and if efforts to help them to be more productive fail over an extended period I usually try to help find them a new team where they might become The Best!
I'm pretty convinced that these situations are usually an issue of job fit and if all efforts fail to improve fit in the current team, it's a waste of time after a certain point to keep trying.
But how long is too long? If they're brand new to the team and not getting *anything* done at all, 3mo is about my limit. If there's a life thing going on and they've been on the team for a while, 6mo to a year makes more sense. Some people just really hate change and won't volunteer for it, even when things aren't actually working out for them. I feel like so many excuses get made at this stage and at some point you just gotta commit to a deadline.
@ehashman I'm writing a follow-up quoting and riffing on some replies/feedback; do you mind if I quote and link to this toot?
@ehashman@jacob sure, go ahead!