Should we fire the EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE who lied on his job application?

[Mightyqueen801]

This happened where I worked. Not so dramatically, but because we are public there cannot be certain conflicts of interest. A woman took a job knowing that a close relative was working under one of the contracts she was administering. That's a no-no. She was there almost a year when it came to the attention of someone, and she was let go for not disclosing the fact in the beginning. She was a good worker, too.

[Kagami46]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

This happened where I worked. Not so dramatically, but because we are public there cannot be certain conflicts of interest. A woman took a job knowing that a close relative was working under one of the contracts she was administering. That's a no-no. She was there almost a year when it came to the attention of someone, and she was let go for not disclosing the fact in the beginning. She was a good worker, too.

That's a tough situation. Taking a risk and putting food on the table or leaving and risk another search for a good job.

[krichton]

Originally Posted by L'Artiste

alert him, give him probation, let him know he should never mess up (as far as dishonesty)again, and this is his first warning/chance, and he will not get another one again. nowadays most people can't get experience without experience, so he had to get in some way to prove he had what it took to work for you, other wise he probably would have never got the chance.

That sounds reasonable, but these days it's simply easier to fire him and hire someone for $18,000 a year to do attempt to do the same job, and you know someone will take it at that salary. At that kind of pay no one will be worrying about checking references anymore, and if htey do check no one will care that they lied. The worst part for the fired employee is, he can't use his former company on his resume. Imagine working somewhere for like 4 years and having this happen to you. Do you leave that part blank on your resume?

[Koale]

Originally Posted by Dingler

At my office we have an employee who is just terrific. He has a great personality and a unique way with people. He also has unique technical skills and a real great work style. He puts in long hours without complaint and is always available for extra work. ------------But we also found out he lied big time on his employment application.

When he was hired a year ago, he made up a fake company, paycheck stub, and got a few friends to act as boss. It fooled the new guy in HR who checked has references.

A few weeks ago we had someone recheck every-ones backgrounds as part of a ongoing security check for a government contract. Our superstar employees lies were exposed. What should we do about it?

maybe you should consider firing the person who did...or didn't do... the original background check...now there's a thought... that is the person who obviously did not do their job. As for the high performer...he obviously just wanted to prove himself.
Koale