Dear Community Members,
I am here to seek some advise and guidance on an important matter.
One of our employee was lastely identified to be involved in some activities like, spreading words in the floor that he is starting his own company and was influencing some of the key people to join him. His performance was greatly dip in the same period of last one-two months during which he was doing all these talks. We were informed by the employees them selves that he is talking of opening up his company and asking people to join him there. He even had an informal discussion with his PM (Its a newly appointed PM and they don't have any formal friendship as such) that he will soon leave the job and will also take away some of the key members so he should be aware of this and can plan hiring and projects accordingly.
In the mean one of a Sr. resource has come to us and said that he was shown a chant between that employee and one of our existing client on WhatsApp, to influence him that he has even acquired clients and he should think of joining his new company.
When these were informed to us we went ahead and called him for a discussion in which we found him guilty the way he was putting his point and changing his statements. But very smartly he said that he was just kidding and wasn't serious about any such thing. We also figured out that one the very previous day he was on leave on medical grounds but he went to give interview in some other company (this was admitted by himself). He wasn't looking any serious about the matter and we issued him a Show cause and asked him to reply in writing, in the mean we stopped all his access from office accounts and didn't allowed him to work.
He has submitted the explanation saying that he wasn't serious in those talks, he didnt approached any client and neither he wish to open his own business. We are not all satisfied with his response and it was seriously dented the culture on the floor. We would like to send a message to people that we are serious on issues like this when someone spoils the culture or tries to break in to our business or clients.
The only problem is that we have nothing in writing against him, He is denying but we clearly know that he used to do that on the floor, many people have confirmed the same.
My question is -
Can we go ahead and terminate him on this matter ?? Or what else can be done in matter like this ??
Appreciate if some legal expert and Sr. people from the community can help in this.
Regards,
Pradeep
I am here to seek some advise and guidance on an important matter.
One of our employee was lastely identified to be involved in some activities like, spreading words in the floor that he is starting his own company and was influencing some of the key people to join him. His performance was greatly dip in the same period of last one-two months during which he was doing all these talks. We were informed by the employees them selves that he is talking of opening up his company and asking people to join him there. He even had an informal discussion with his PM (Its a newly appointed PM and they don't have any formal friendship as such) that he will soon leave the job and will also take away some of the key members so he should be aware of this and can plan hiring and projects accordingly.
In the mean one of a Sr. resource has come to us and said that he was shown a chant between that employee and one of our existing client on WhatsApp, to influence him that he has even acquired clients and he should think of joining his new company.
When these were informed to us we went ahead and called him for a discussion in which we found him guilty the way he was putting his point and changing his statements. But very smartly he said that he was just kidding and wasn't serious about any such thing. We also figured out that one the very previous day he was on leave on medical grounds but he went to give interview in some other company (this was admitted by himself). He wasn't looking any serious about the matter and we issued him a Show cause and asked him to reply in writing, in the mean we stopped all his access from office accounts and didn't allowed him to work.
He has submitted the explanation saying that he wasn't serious in those talks, he didnt approached any client and neither he wish to open his own business. We are not all satisfied with his response and it was seriously dented the culture on the floor. We would like to send a message to people that we are serious on issues like this when someone spoils the culture or tries to break in to our business or clients.
The only problem is that we have nothing in writing against him, He is denying but we clearly know that he used to do that on the floor, many people have confirmed the same.
My question is -
Can we go ahead and terminate him on this matter ?? Or what else can be done in matter like this ??
Appreciate if some legal expert and Sr. people from the community can help in this.
Regards,
Pradeep