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Struggling with Employee Attitudes in my new Business: Need Your Advice (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by FireWireLily@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Hi guys,

I'm in a bit of a dilemma and could use some wisdom from this community. I've been trying hard to better myself as a "leader" in my small company - staying calm, being more approachable, criticize constructively - you know the routine.

But, as I'm navigating my second business attempt (started about 4 months ago), I'm hitting a wall. No big clients yet, and what's really testing my patience are the negative attitudes of my two employees (that's all the team as of now). It's been a tough year and a half, and I sometimes wonder if I should keep pushing or just dismiss the team and be a freelancer/ take a job. Because it feels like I'm changing myself too much for the sake of keeping cool with the team.

But here's the thing: I love what I do. I'm providing GPT-like solutions for sales and customer support, and it's genuinely exciting stuff. My tech skills are solid, but sales is not my strength, and employee attitudes aren't helping. Sometimes I wonder if it's me - am I expecting too much, or maybe micromanaging?

What do you guys think? Any advice, experience or thoughts on handling these challenges, especially with employees, would be really helpful right now.

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[–] Swimming_Science7271@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

A bit of advice from a friend of mine that has built a 80 mil a year rev business…

Fire fast. Fire at the first sign of toxicity. Because it spreads and only hurts the business. You have to nip it in the bud.

In the beginning you want to hire the best talent you can. They are the foundation of your business and ideally you want to trust that you can groom them into higher positions so as the business grows you can put them in charge of hiring and training. etc.

A bad attitude is a bad start.