[Sam Lesante jr.]

Thanks for taking the time to look.

I think we have the size and quality so small because of the fact that we have a lot of shows archived that are at least 30 minutes long and if more than a couple people want to view them, our cable connection can just about hold it together 🙂

[Sam Lesante jr.]

Thanks Steve for the backup. You are right. It’s like a tough love kind of thing. Of course, since none of you work here for me, you don’t know how far backwards I bend for all my employees cause they are, overall, great employees.

Well, gotta go. I have a chiropractor appointment 😉

Sam

[Sam Lesante jr.]

At this point I don’t really care if he does see it.

Whenever I post anything online, I assume the person I’m talking about and everyone around the area is seeing it so that’s not a concern to me.

[Sam Lesante jr.]

Wow!

Thanks to all of you for the great insight and advice. It puts it all into perspective for me a little bit better.

To clear up some things;

1. I do not use the word “troops” to characterize my employees, it was me trying to use a witty phrase.

2. It was not his mother that passed, it was his step grandma that he has talked about in the past about just meeting her a year or so ago, so I think it is safe to say he has no emotional connection to her.

3. Our company is really small compared to others. We only have 7 full timers and 2 or 3 part timers not counting me, my sister, my mom and dad.

4. I am the softy in the business, I am the one who usually tries to think of an excuse for them as to why they did something wrong or why this piece of equipment broke or why the video is blue or why the audio did not come out as good as usual. We even allow him to use our company vehicle as a personal one as well because he has no way of getting around. All we ask in return is for him to stay an hour or two more a week. I think that’s a great deal.

But I guess I got a little bit more upset when I heard of the remark about my father who came from picking coal as a kid, went through college while selling musical instruments from a corner store, busted his ass for everything he has today, is still busting his ass to keep the business alive for me and my sister to take over someday. In the 35 or so years he has had employees, I think he only fired 4 or 5 (and they were the bad apples because I was around for some of them)

So, I guess the reason for my first post was double fold in a way.

1. To come on and vent a little about how my employee pissed me off

2. To get some expert advice from people who have been in this situation before on both sides of the coin so I can understand more about my employee because I do believe in having employees for a long term. Before 2 years ago, all of our employees were with us for 6 to 9 years. Now, like Frank said, we have 2 or 3 that have been here longer than 4 and the rest are only 2-3 years.

Thanks again for all the great posts, I did not expect that many.

It has been a couple of days since the incident now, and the employee is working like nothing even happened. It seems to me like he is acting a bit more positive. Maybe the funeral thing had a bigger effect on him than I or he wants to believe it did.

Sam Lesante Jr.

[Sam Lesante jr.]

Thanks for all the great advice. I’ll look into that Lee Hunt guy too.

BTW I’m in the “big” metropolis of Hazleton, PA. You might have heard of us recently because our mayor Lou Barletta is the first mayor in the country to put forth an illegal immigration relief act https://www.smalltowndefenders.com/public/

Anyway, thanks again

Sam

[Sam Lesante jr.]

Thanks again for the great advice!

Sam

[Sam Lesante jr.]

Awesome!!

Thank you so much for your help.

Hopefully all will go well in Jan.

Sam Lesante Jr.
http://www.ssptv.com

[Sam Lesante jr.]

I did google and found 3 or 4 there.

Just wanted to know if anyone dealt with any in particular.

Thanks

[Sam Lesante jr.]

I know what it’s like pulling triple duty. I just got done with that last week.

Anyway – Whenever you can send the tapes is fine

Thanks for the reply.

Sam

[Sam Lesante jr.]

Great!!

Just email me at ssp@ssptv.com

I really appreciated it.

Sam