That’s a question the boss has to ask every member of staff from time-to-time. We have to ensure our business runs efficiently and that we don’t have staff members who just clock in at 8AM, clock out at 4PM, yet deliver no value for the company.
Every kobo we spend on salaries, allowances and bonuses has to be justified. We need to resist the urge to hire everybody that comes knocking on the door, we must learn to hire and retain only the very best people.
Disaster begins the day some friends say they are co-founders with us – yet they do nothing tangible. It continues when we start hiring staff on emotional reasons: she’s my cousin (note: nothing wrong with hiring family members as long as they also commit to work as hard as you do).
Overtime, you discover you have a staff strength of 50 people, half of which does nothing.
Then the business starts to suffer.
