I have an employee with apparently no sense of smell. The stench that eminates from this man puts the delightful smell of cat piss to shame. God help you if you have to drive a company vehicle after him or work in a confined space. 1/2 an hour after he's left a room you can still smell his funk.
This is a serious dilema as my eyes water within 10 feet of this guy. Other than taking a firehose to him, what can be done I ask you?😛
Originally posted by Hand of Hecatemaybe you could tell him that he stinks??? Reccomend him to take a shower once in a while?......
I have an employee with apparently no sense of smell. The stench that eminates from this man puts the delightful smell of cat piss to shame. God help you if you have to drive a company vehicle after him or work in a confined space. 1/2 an hour after he's left a room you can still smell his funk.
This is a serious dilema as my eyes water within 10 feet of this guy. Other than taking a firehose to him, what can be done I ask you?😛
Originally posted by rhbI have talked to him one-on-one and he accused me of insensitivity and made a complaint to HR. I have done all the politcally correct approaches to the problem with no success. The poor guy does have a series of other personal problems in his life, but, this directly effects his associates and customers.
Carry a can of air freshener to work with you then spray it regularly whenever he is near you.
On his birthday buy him a set of toiletires.
Talk to him about it. there may be a bigger problem and this is just a cry for help.
I eveb bought him extra uniforms and pay for a laundry service, but, this doesn't even put a dent in the problem. I fear I will have live with the issue that appears to be getting steadily worse.
Otherwise he does good quality work.
Originally posted by Hand of HecateInvite a member of HR to another one-2-one talk with him about it.
I have talked to him one-on-one and he accused me of insensitivity and made a complaint to HR. I have done all the politcally correct approaches to the problem with no success. The poor guy does have a series of other personal problems in his life, but, this directly effects his associates and customers.
I eveb bought him extra uniforms and pay f ...[text shortened]... ith the issue that appears to be getting steadily worse.
Otherwise he does good quality work.
That makes it a two-2-one, but you get my point?
while your employers have a duty of care to your co-worker, possibly an anti-discriminatory one if he is sufffering from some medical condition, they also have a duty of care for you. Make it plain to HR that the smell issue is not a gripe, but is a serious office environmental problem for which they are responsible and liable. If they don't remedy the situation, you would be entirely justified in refusing to work in that particular office, to the point of constructive dissmissal if they don't budge. And they know it.
Originally posted by lauseyThis was very difficult believe it or not... actually it really sucked. I don't want to set him against his associates, but complaints have been made. I pulled him in my office and just got to the point, I didn't feel beeting around the bush was appropriate. This was obviously embarrassing to the poor guy, but, coming up with some crappy convoluted appraoch would have just drawn out the issue. It was not a good meeting.
Out of interest, when you approached him about the subject, how did you tell him that he stinks in a diplomatic sort of way?
Originally posted by Hand of HecateHeh, we had a guy like that when I worked as a pipefitter in building maintenance. We nicknamed him "rag picker".
I have an employee with apparently no sense of smell. The stench that eminates from this man puts the delightful smell of cat piss to shame. God help you if you have to drive a company vehicle after him or work in a confined space. 1/2 an hour after he's left a room you can still smell his funk.
This is a serious dilema as my eyes water within 10 feet of this guy. Other than taking a firehose to him, what can be done I ask you?😛
The only thing you can do is go to his boss and make a complaint. That's what we did with "rag picker". The boss had to talk to him about personal hygiene.