Don’t Fire Your Lazy Employees, Motivate Them…and Here’s How

Time is money—anyone in the restaurant industry knows it. You don’t want to waste time on a lazy employee, right?

When it comes to lazy employees often times your first response might be to just fire said employee. But, if your restaurant business model is suffering as a result of the “fire ‘em!” mentality, you may just need a shift in thinking.

Dealing with lazy employees requires a mix of tough love and the acceptance that you might be part of the problem. Learn how to motivate your less-than-enthusiastic staff and you can grow your business to be the best it can be.

Slackers Might Just Be BoredYour more apathetic employees aren’t necessarily slacking, they might simply be looking for a challenge. Sometimes it is a matter of being comfortable—too comfortable. People who become intimately familiar with an environment tend to let their guard down. Not only that, but being comfortable means knowing where the boundaries lie. That's largely the cause of doing just enough to…