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"Quit" is definitely a good verb. ;-) So is "terminate".
Honestly, this person either has some issues or has yet to buy a business clue.
A few questions:
Are you this person's boss?
Are you this person's senior?
Are you involved in steering this person's work in any way or this
person's acclimation to the company?
I would work to set things straight, officially, and then let this
person decide to either comply, leave, or force himself out the door
in a more unpleasant manner. If you are the manager, you have the
power to make the message official and to make it stick. If you are
not, then either have the manager do so or have the manager give you
the "power" to do so, with your manager's direct involvement. Then,
once this person is given a direct course of work action, and avoids
it, then you have grounds for "coaching" action, leading to either
compliance or termination at the employee's choosing.
Does that help?
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:10:34 -0700, dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
<dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com> wrote:
>
> L. wrote:
>
> > ...he has now informed us that he has "quit" the document.
>
> Wow, this must be some *awesome* kinda super-duper master tech writer
> wizard to keep around with *that* attitude!
>
> If not, "quit" is a good verb.
>
> --David
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