I have an employee who sucks.

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Lots of good advice.

Firstly, make sure you document poor performance at the workplace. Have a conversation with the employee to discover if there are any mitigating circumstances why their performance isn't up to par, and then define a series of action items the employee and or you will do to ensure success. Document (take note) of everything he/she says, than file it. Do this at least three times.

The exception to this rule is if the issue isn't a performance issue but detrimental to the business. For example, pissing in the coffee, stealing, etc. Things that would provide immediate cause for dismissal.

If you define the performance problem, identify any performance obstacles, and action items the employee and/or you need to take to succeed, and he/she still doesn't improve after those steps have been taken, than you have a documented cause for dismissal.

2. As someone else mentioned, you have a right to conduct business without disruption of that business by anyone except the authorities with cause. Therefore, direct him to leave the premises/property.

3. Contact the authorities if he/she continues to be an issue. If necessary and possible in your location, obtain a protection order if he/she continues to defy the local law enforcement.

4. DO NOT engage in personal attacks. NEVER EVER! If the person chooses to discuss the issue in public, reiterate the fact that you worked with them 3 times over performance issues and they repeatedly failed to improve or follow through. In this specific case, there wasn't a task you asked him to perform that he performed up to your reasonable expectations.

5. Likewise, DO NOT engage in retribution. If an employee is disruptive to your business, use local law enforcement to your benefit. Let them be the heavies. Never make a "special sandwich" or engage in any other type of retribution. Not only could you harm your reputation, but you could kill your business.

6. There was one other item I thought of but I forgot. Good Luck!

EDIT:  Remembered!

Why would this guy want his job back.  He's telling everyone how bad of a business it is.  So it's only a bad company if he isn't employed there?  How does he, in no position of authority and unable to properly do his job, make it a better company?