Comments on: Firing People Quickly is the Best Way

By: Indecision Kills Startups

Indecision Kills Startups — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:40:35 +0000

[...] is relatively small that “suddenly” balloons into a huge, crippling issue. A delay in letting go an employee that’s not fitting in is the kind of issue that you might feel can be delayed; but it [...]

By: markjamess

markjamess — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:05:11 +0000

The person that was let go may be shocked or disappointed (and will likely be upset in the moment), seatcoverset.com but shortly thereafter I’ve seen many people who realize that the job and/or company wasn’t the right fit

By: Benjamin Yoskovitz

Benjamin Yoskovitz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:30:55 +0000

Agreed completely.

By: aie

aie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:52:06 +0000

no comment

By: chazklm

chazklm — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:45:44 +0000

Thanks for the great post. When you reach the decision that you have to terminate an employee, it is best to do it right away. No amount of waiting will make it any easier. From my experience, the person is no longer productive because they are in the wrong position. Any delay at this point amounts to watering weeds.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:35:16 +0000

This is a great and true post. I've never had the experience of firing someone but I've seen how it was hard for my boss when he had to do it. He had to fire many employees because company didn't have money due to crisis.

By: Mia

Mia — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:06:14 +0000

I can imagine that firing someone would be very tough for a lot of people to do, I hope I don't have to go there.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:44:10 +0000

Maybe not firing someone at all is better.

By: Benjamin Yoskovitz

Benjamin Yoskovitz — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:16:10 +0000

I'm not opposed to warnings and I think when problems arise you should address them quickly and head-on with the employee in question. But if things don't improve quickly, chances are they never will. And then you have to make a move.

By: Tienseshop

Tienseshop — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:22:50 +0000

I strongly agree with you that firing people is an emotional matter and as such i think it should be well tought of before reactions are taken. Ask yourself why you really need to fire that person and avoid being baised in your judgement.
In as much as waisting time to fire an employee might cause him to corrupt some of the other members of a team, it can also make the other team members realise that it was just to fire that person