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my bad employee showed a ton of initiative in a personal situation — can I use that to explain what I need from him at work? A reader writes: I have a new employee, Joe, who has been with me about six months. The headline is that he’s pretty terrible. He lacks knowledge, his work is slow and often wrong, he lacks attention to detail, shows no sense of urgency, ownership or understanding of priority, and requires constant hand-holding to even […] The post my bad employee showed a ton of initiative in a personal situation — can I use that to explain what I need from him at work? appeared first on Ask a Manager. https://www.askamanager.org/2026/03/my-bad-employee-showed-a-ton-of-initiative-in-a-personal-situation-can-i-use-that-to-explain-what-i-need-from-him-at-work.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky