Who is in charge of hiring and firing?

[22_22]

Who's decision is it to hire and fire staff members on your forum? Do you allow the team leaders to hire and fire or is that up to the admins only? Do the team leaders on your forum have any say in this matter?

 

[Eternal]

Currently only admins are in charge of hiring and firing on my forum, though I have thought about putting another person in charge of it so I can focus on other things, but that's not needed right now as my forum is still young.

 

[TechWiz18]

As my forum won't be hiring any time soon it isn't an issue but the admins will be doing most of the hiring until we have had staff on each team that has been working with us for an extended amount of time and shows dedication will we start having team leaders that will start hiring new staff.

 

[Geoffrey]

Me. I only have one staff member, so it would be weird if he could hire/fire himself... lol.

 

[TechWiz18]

:lol: yes Geoffrey that would be very very weird 😛

 

[Demon_skeith]

The one who hires and fires is me, my staff can make recommendations to hire or fire someone but all final decisions are left to me. It's how it should be for any forum.

 

[Migi]

There are times when I see team leaders taking charge of hiring and firing their team members, but in most other websites I see administrators doing it. And that is my style too. Everyone is free to make recommendation, and probably I will consider team leaders' opinions the most, but the final yes or no is in administrators' hands.

I think it is a bit too risky to let team leaders do it without consultation, unless the leader has proven to be trustworthy.

 

[thedudeman]

The one who hires and fires is me, my staff can make recommendations to hire or fire someone but all final decisions are left to me. It's how it should be for any forum.

Yeah, this is how I do it. I'm fine with my staff recommending a course of action, but when it comes to granting someone rights to staff tools and functions, I want to be the one to make the call.

 

[Tucker933]

I feel it should be an Admins final decision, though I feel the community is allowed some input because new staff members should already be respected, even liked, by the existing community.

 

[Leon.]

I hire and fire all of my staff on my own, though I allow for opinions on applications. 🙂

 

[Gio]

There are times when I see team leaders taking charge of hiring and firing their team members, but in most other websites I see administrators doing it. And that is my style too. Everyone is free to make recommendation, and probably I will consider team leaders' opinions the most, but the final yes or no is in administrators' hands.

I think it is a bit too risky to let team leaders do it without consultation, unless the leader has proven to be trustworthy.

Agreed. If The TL shows themselves to be trustworthy, I will give them the right to hire, as it is on FP.

 

[Acorn]

I let the staff team handle promotions and demotions normally, if something goes on in the upper staff that's a big deal I will usually become aware of it and weigh in then, but my team is experienced at handling it and we have a laid back policy on revolving door staff, many of our staff come and go on the team, stepping back up when they have time to put into it.