Overloaded husband

I feel really bad for my poor husband. And for myself as well.

Tax season is over, but he still has way too much work. This past week his only employee was out sick for the most part. So he got stuck doing her job as well. She has been with him for a little bit more than 4 months so far, and she isn't cutting it. Her job is not difficult, general office work, some basic stuff. But she forgets everything! She has no detail orientation at all! And I am not talking about anything complicated. She has an employee handbook that outlines in detail each day what she is suppose to do, since K often is out and about. All she has to do is open the current day, look and see. Things like "sweep outside the front door" on Mondays, "water the plants" on Fridays... She forgets all the time! More importantly she forgets to write down appointments with clients. She gets a call, writes it on a Post It and then promptly forgets about it... They use an online Google calender, so she can enter in an appointment and K can access it from wherever he is. But that won't do much good if she forgets to put the appointment in!

yesterday he had to print some stuff from her computer, and he noticed she had made several visits to a few job sites. He installed a surveillance program right after that, and since he is out of the office all day today, he will most likely find out tonight if she is looking for another job. Her contract states she can't use the firm's equipment for personal things, so that would be grounds for dismissal. She is 30, so she shouldn't be that forgetful! He has had several talks with her, given her many chances to step up to the plate, but she continues to fail him.

He really needs help, but real help. It might be better to cut his losses and fire her. The entire hiring process is so daunting, it is really not something we want to go through again. But, people can look great on paper, you just never know until you have worked with them for a few months, unfortunately...

Last night he had to stay until 4:30 AM (!) just to finish payroll for several companies, just because he also had to do her job. I had to call him every few hours to make sure he hadn't fallen asleep... Then he came home and slept for 2.5 hours and then into Tampa for a consulting job. Not exactly the kind of life either one of us wants.

All this working really takes away from our relationship, it puts our lives on hold, which is very, very bad. It better stop soon! I want my husband back!