Problem with a new contractor

[AtW]

Got a new starter this week, looks like it is his first gig.

Problem is - I don’t think he is doing any work.

Any suggestions how to handle it?

[Lance]

call him out.

then ruin his IR35 status by making him clean the bogs

[northernladuk]

Wait until he starts acting like Billy Big Balls and slaps it on you that he's WFH tomorrow and then just bin his sorry arse.

[ladymuck]

I think you need to take some time to understand what blockers he's experiencing that make it look like he's not doing any work. There may be ways you could support him; he doesn't have the insight into the organisation that you do. It takes a while to work out who the various personalities are.

[Lance]

Wait until he starts acting like Billy Big Balls and slaps it on you that he's WFH tomorrow and then just bin his sorry arse.

and don't sign his time sheet either

[DS23]

i'd ask him how his deliverables are coming on. you know, what percentage done and estimated completion time... that kind of thing.

[Paddy]

Got a new starter this week, looks like it is his first gig.

Problem is - I don’t think he is doing any work.

Any suggestions how to handle it?

Try a group hug or an afternoon group beating with branches in the banya,

[scooterscot]

Ask him if he's any good at squirrel hunting.

PS: Did you really buy a sofa from DFS?

[SimonMac]

Got a new starter this week, looks like it is his first gig.

Problem is - I don’t think he is doing any work.

Any suggestions how to handle it?

Are you a permie or a contractor?

If the latter, not your problem, if you are the former get rid of them

[SimonMac]

I think you need to take some time to understand what blockers he's experiencing that make it look like he's not doing any work. There may be ways you could support him; he doesn't have the insight into the organisation that you do. It takes a while to work out who the various personalities are.

That is such a girly response! We are contractors, we don't do touchy feely soft skills bulltulip