Just had to fire a crew member!

[rcal]

I just had to sack a member of the crew, he was riding the flys from one floor to the other, (without any sort of harness) personally I would never allow this as I see it as dangerous, but for some reason he thought it was acceptable,

I was wondering, is this acceptable? this would be the first time I've fired anyone, and I'm fairly sure I had grounds to do so, but it would be nice if I new for sure!

[Les]

Is it acceptable? Absolutely not. Grounds for termination? Definitely. Have we all done similar things in our younger, dumber days? Probably. Will this be a valuable learning experience for him? I hope so!

[cprted]

Originally Posted by rcal

I just had to sack a member of the crew, he was riding the flys from one floor to the other, (without any sort of harness) personally I would never allow this as I see it as dangerous, but for some reason he thought it was acceptable,

He was doing what-now?????

I don't want anyone who thinks that is safe working anywhere near me.

[rcal]

Thankyou! It's nice to hear that standards in this industry aren't all going to pot, I just occasionally see things like this and worry sometimes, luckily he was a fairly new member of crew and won't be missed,

it seems he was the only person doing it, I've been working in the industry for a number of years and seen some 'questionable' versions of H+S, but I don't think I've seen something this dangerous and down right stupid before, if a someone can't be trusted to look after themselves, how can they be trusted to work safely around others,

[thatactorguy]

You had every right to fire him! Not only was he putting himself at risk, but others as well. Was anyone running the fly, or was he traveling on his own?

You probably saved the venue from a very large lawsuit...

[Les]

Originally Posted by thatactorguy

You had every right to fire him! Not only was he putting himself at risk, but others as well. Was anyone running the fly, or was he traveling on his own?

You probably saved the venue from a very large lawsuit...

Yeah, honestly if someone else was running the fly, they would be subject to disciplinary action also.

[rcal]

I was on the stage at the time and just looked up, I'm not sure if they're was someone else involved but I'll look into it, some of our flys are automated so it's possible he was the only person involved,

I think a staff meeting might be in order, I'll have to work on my angry/disappointed face

[Les]

I think a staff meeting is a great idea. Who knows how many people have seem him do this and thought you didn't care or something. Good luck with that angry/disappointed face!

[sp010123]

Riding the flys!? If he's in Hong Kong (which has a very small theatre community), he'd be banned from ANY shows ever after and all the venue technicians, SMs, flysmen will be telling his story to young crews as a 'dun do it' example.

[ship]

Never fun to fire someone, had this guy that on a radial arm saw kept attempting by way of safety standards trying to cut his fingers off, much less a recent useless guy that was "hourly" and wouldn't get more than that in as per Christian he was, "honest days work." Didn't fire the guy that mis-plugged feeder cable = how do you without noticing, install a femal brass on male boot or the reverse? He is useful in while costing us hundreds of dollars to correct it out of getting stuff done in a timely way even if he has to slow down and pay attention to what he is doing. The one that don't care even if "honest Christian" about amount of work done verses being hourly was new for me in having to go like the guy that kept attempting to cut off his fingers thru no fault' persay of his own, just was not capable or learning other methods instructed.

Firing is never fun. At times it's used as an example by those more remote from the management of the labor than you it would seem as with I, but at times just it's necessary.

Onto the Management and life safety end in why in part you were given that responsibility. Feel bad for a while than be over it in being for the best as per your job as anyone else would or should not have done you find yourself having to do.