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[quote=Anonymous]We are an all-remote company. This is nothing new to me. I've worked remotely for most of my career.

In my new role, however, I've inherited a staff person that is available - [i]maybe[/i] - one hour each week for live conversation. Cannot commit to that hour, but &quot;maybe, can most likely make it on a regular basis at that time but on odd weeks it might now work.&quot; It took me 3 tries to get to that answer.

They were hired on the understanding of regularly occurring meetings during their manager's working hours. The original manager is no longer with the company, so I am their new manager.

How on earth am I to train and manage such a person if they can never talk in real time? I will spend &gt; half my days writing up instructions and giving feedback vs just having actual conversations and getting things done.

He is in an entry-level position and the previous manager very rarely had him do any work. I have found little evidence of him actually doing anything. And the minimal work produced seems to have garnered oddly extreme praise. He is not experienced enough to do what I have asked so far, which means that because he is not available  I have had to redo it all myself which takes longer than just doing it myself from the get-go.

Is this an HR-level conversation? Other suggestions?[/quote]

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