About 6 months ago, we hired a new student employee. At first he was ok, I got along with him and tried to teach him everything I knew. 6 months later, he is still making stupid rookie mistakes, I'll spare you all the details and say this, he cannot do tasks befitting of his position without extensive supervision. He literally cannot be left alone to do tasks that people who have been here half as long are doing on a regular basis on their own. For some reason he is not retaining any information we tell him, it is pretty much in one ear and out the other. He is used to being rewarded for his failure, he expects everyone else to pick up the slack if he fucks up and he whines and makes excuses instead of presenting solutions for the problem.
As some of you know I sprained my ankle at Balkan Hammer II this weekend, so I took Monday and Tuesday off to recuperate. Anyway I come back and I see that this sad excuse for a worker fucked up four new hire computers. I spent nearly 3 hours undoing the damage he did, 3 hours that I wouldn't need to waste if it was done right in the first place. Then when I approach him about it today, he gives me attitude like I was in the wrong, this shithead literally refuses to take responsibility for what he did, for something that he should know how to do. He cuts me off in mid speech and I pretty much tell him to shut the fuck up and never interrupt me when I am speaking, not ever again. I felt angry enough to reach across the desk and slap the stupid out of him, it took a lot of self restraint to hold it back. Honestly though he has it coming, and I honestly think it would be good for him, it would teach him that his bullshit attitude and pass the buck mentality will not be tolerated. I'm not in a position to fire him, but his shitty behavior is definitely getting reported, and his borderline insubordination is going to be the highlight. If he doesn't get outright fired or demoted, I'll at least make sure he doesn't touch anything in my department ever again.
