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Sounds like someone I used to work with in IT....
The question is - As his boss, do I sit him down, and tell him that he should consider another career, and he just isn't going to cut it.
I think he's ideally suited to a career in the civil service..
Hes obviously cut out for a senior management position in the nhs or teaching.
I was genuinely lost for words when he told me he about what he had said to his prospective employer. I had to stop for a few seconds and process what he had said. Had he really just told me that. After I had pointed him in the direction of the company, prepped him on things they would ask about at interview.
All done now and I have certainly learnt from the experience, so I can thank him for that.
A friend of mine owns a small firm in the film industry. He took on a young lad and on the first day gave him a stencil and a paint spray can and told him to stencil the company name on all of the site equipment. When he came back to check progress, he found all the parts beautifully stencilled but back-to front as the lad had placed the stencil upside down.
Marching orders were given the same day. Some people just need to be telt.
He'll be back as your line manager in a year or two 😆
Sounds like a classic passive/aggressive.