I own a small business. It doesn’t make a crazy amount, but it makes enough for an employee. I hired him about a month ago and he is seriously the hardest worker I’ve met. This dude grinds hard, which I really appreciate. I’ve always had the dream of building a company where people don’t DREAD work. Even though I can’t afford to give him a 4 day work week yet, I want to create that environment one day.
Today he opened up about his sick parents and how much of his money goes directly to them. I told him that he can take take 2 extra days off (would still get paid for those days) which would mean 2 4 day work weeks this month to spend time with his family or just get some extra rest. He politely declined, which shocked me, because I would’ve hopped on that offer so quick. At first I assumed he was just trying to “impress” his new boss, but after a couple declines, I told him he had to take those days off and he asked if he could still practice his job in the discord channel we have. He said he feels unproductive if he doesn’t work and would be more stressed if he wasn’t working (even though he is getting paid the same).
Idk what to do, any advice?