One of my employees is (maybe clinically) paranoid. What should I do?

[amcdonald]

Buy a wolf mask, find where they live and appear outside their house at night howling like a wolf

[shaunbhoy]

You need to provide more data Sas.

Why do you believe him
to be paranoid?

He sees headhunters.............everywhere!!

[PRC1964]

You've no chance of sacking him so promote him out of harms way.

[wobbegong]

Does 'he' display these symptoms?

• Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
• Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
• Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
• Requires excessive admiration
• Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
• Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
• Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
• Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
• Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
• Often mild to moderate paranoia, that others are out to do him in.
• Predominant "name dropper" boasting or suggestion association with people or affiliations of importance.
• Calls people cretins

If so it may be Narcissistic personality disorder

You'll need to invoice him for that diagnosis.

[MrMark]

Does he think his boss talks to people about him behind his back?

[cailin maith]

Does 'he' display these symptoms?

• Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)
• Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love
• Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)
• Requires excessive admiration
• Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations
• Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends
• Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others
• Is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
• Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
• Often mild to moderate paranoia, that others are out to do him in.
• Predominant "name dropper" boasting or suggestion association with people or affiliations of importance.
• Calls people cretins

If so it may be Narcissistic personality disorder

[xoggoth]

What a terrible bunch of Tories. Paranoid? I refuse to recognise such discriminating language. It is your social duty to employ him and every other differently sane person who applies. Serial killers too, they are innocent victims of an unfair society.

PS I do apologise for "serial killers" What was I thinking? I meant differently tolerant.

[minestrone]

Tell him you have been talking about his performance on a message forum then monitor his internet usage for the rest of the day.

[NotAllThere]

Just on the off-chance that it's serious...

One of my staff was behaving erratically. I was concerned, but until he requested help, there wasn't much I could do. Eventually he asked me if he could have a couple of weeks off, unpaid, to get his head straight. I spoke to my HR colleague, and we arranged for him to see the company doctor. The doc signed him off for stress for four weeks, which I was fine with, but also suggested some tests. After the doc got the results of one of these tests, he called the employee to tell him get to hospital as soon as possible. Turned out he had a brain tumour. It was operated on (same day as admittence) and he was well for a while. Sadly, the tumour was malignant, it came back, and was inoperable, so he died. However, if I'd not taken the trouble to get him checked, he'd have died two years earlier, leaving his wife and child in a pretty awful position. As it was, he was able to peg out leaving his wife and kid a full dependent's pension, and get all his affairs in order. He was 34.

Suggest your to your employee that he seems to behaving as though stressed, and offer to pay for him to see a doc.

[MarillionFan]

tale of woe.

You're a cheery ****er NAT. Remind me not to invite you to a party.