General Sacking of staff

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I've only sacked a staff member who was inactive. I sent him private messages and since he never responded or logged back in, I demoted him. I also made the mistake of hiring someone to be a co admin on a gaming forum I used to have on Proboards. She ended up deleting the theme I had installed and installed a bunch of themes that didn't fit the niche of the forum. I demoted her and banned her as well, now I know not to just hire someone I don't know.
That's why I typically am the only admin. I'd be happy to make a Community Manager (lead moderator) or something like that as a higher position. Still, I shy away from giving anyone else full admin authority over a community that I pay for.
 
I haven’t had to sack a staff member, as I’ve been fortunate to work with the same team since launching my community.



I think it’s crucial to have a team that shares your vision—teamwork really does make the dream work. Even in past versions of my forums, I haven’t needed to let anyone go for wrongdoing. That said, I have had staff step down for personal reasons, and I wished them all the best in their future endeavors.
 
That's why I typically am the only admin. I'd be happy to make a Community Manager (lead moderator) or something like that as a higher position. Still, I shy away from giving anyone else full admin authority over a community that I pay for.
There will forever only be 1 admin (access to CP, and files/servers) and perhaps 1 part-time (in Japan, so I have legal precedence here too, and can work out issues 24/7) on my sites that I'm building. However, they'll be a W-2 or 1099 employee, so I'll have all the info I need, along with employee agreements (NDAs, non-competes, license agreements, etc.) to take their house from them if they ever did anything silly.

But, once you have someone as a W-2/1099, they're likely going to do their job as required. At that point of verification, there is very little they can gain, compared to the consequences, by doing something stupid.

This will be for employees who will be issued a company card, too. They'll have a max of like $1000-2500 to spend, and I'd hope they spend it on improving areas they need and properly annotating what the expenses are for. But, it's not like that won't be audited either.
 

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