Basically I've recently hired a junior engineer for my startup that would constantly miss deadlines and I was always all over him to get things done. We had conversations about how to develop the ability to estimate deadlines and how important it was to get things done. I used to let it go because he's a junior software engineer (and I can't afford anyone more senior lol), but this last week I went on a business trip and I thought like "maybe if I give him some room he'll prove he's trustworthy". He had stuff to work the entire week. When I checked on him on **friday**, he said something along the lines of "*Hey sorry, I just waaaayyy behind schedule because I'm hitting the gym again and this week I was too tired so I didn't do much this week. You can just not pay me for this week okay?*". I was shocked, myself when I was an employee I'd never think about saying that to my boss, especially if it was a deadline I AGREED on. Am I on the wrong here? How to handle this situation?