I’m new in this position and have never had to let someone go. We have process for allowing an employee to correct their work but after a month the decisions has been made to terminate.
I don’t know whether they will be surprised but frankly, I want to throw up.
Have you fired anyone? How did it go?
If you have literally seen Office Space it says friday is the best day to fire someone because statistilly less chance of an incident.
I know how you feel. I remember going to a conference in Ljubljana once. One of my team members insisted on coming and convinced me that he would get a lot out of it. The night we arrived he went to a club and got a few prostitutes. He ended up missing the conference and I couldn't get a hold of him. He showed up at the last minute. I thought we would be late for the plain. I literally fired him in the airport. What a joke wasting my time and company money.
be polite
Protip: Bring a HR person in.
Benefits:
- You have moral support
- HR will prevent you from saying dumb unnecessary sh*te
Interesting story
Banana Bread wrote:
If you have literally seen Office Space it says friday is the best day to fire someone because statistilly less chance of an incident.
I know how you feel. I remember going to a conference in Ljubljana once. One of my team members insisted on coming and convinced me that he would get a lot out of it. The night we arrived he went to a club and got a few prostitutes. He ended up missing the conference and I couldn't get a hold of him. He showed up at the last minute. I thought we would be late for the plain. I literally fired him in the airport. What a joke wasting my time and company money.
There was no reason to use the word literally in your message, much less use it twice.
Please stop abusing the word.
Literally unnecessary wrote:
Banana Bread wrote:
If you have literally seen Office Space it says friday is the best day to fire someone because statistilly less chance of an incident.
I know how you feel. I remember going to a conference in Ljubljana once. One of my team members insisted on coming and convinced me that he would get a lot out of it. The night we arrived he went to a club and got a few prostitutes. He ended up missing the conference and I couldn't get a hold of him. He showed up at the last minute. I thought we would be late for the plain. I literally fired him in the airport. What a joke wasting my time and company money.
There was no reason to use the word literally in your message, much less use it twice.
Please stop abusing the word.
Don't believe a word he says. There is something wrong with him and everything he says is some weird regurgitation of something else, except for the Bekele trolling.
Mr. Scott wrote:
I’m new in this position and have never had to let someone go. We have process for allowing an employee to correct their work but after a month the decisions has been made to terminate.
I don’t know whether they will be surprised but frankly, I want to throw up.
Have you fired anyone? How did it go?
I have both for layoffs and performance. It's the most stressful thing I've had to do as a manager. I had a hard time sleeping the night before.
Someone from HR should definitely be there to answer any questions they have about pay, etc. In my case HR walked them out straight after the meeting. They were not allowed back to their desk to collect personal items or talk to other employees
Be honest, look them in the eye, keep it short. Don't get into a discussion and let them know the decision is final if they start asking about another chance.
You should also talk to the rest of your staff immediately after to avoid speculation and rumors. You don't need to explain why the person was fired, just that they were terminated.
Good luck!
rumours
Why do people always assume it's some sort of meaningless office job with a desk?
Maybe the OP runs a landscaping business and the dude is being lazy with the weedwhacker.
Fired about 12-13 people over the years
ALWAYS have an HR person there.
Be polite
Be brief
It’s never easy - if you find it easy firing someone, there’s something wrong with you
Good luck
Any chance the employee has a concealed carry license? Be safe!
Be direct, be honest, and don't sugarcoat it. They are a professional and an adult, and should be able to handle this temporary setback.
Most companies of any reasonable size should have a process for this. Check with HR. Things like turning in keys and such.
Have a HR person present to talk about separation process. Have final check cut and hand to the person. This also gives you a witness to any interactions.
Do not do it in your office. Reason: if the person goes ballistic or just does not want to leave you are stuck in your office with them.
Conference rooms are good.
Be direct and hones but respectful.
Have someone go with the person back to his/her desk to oversee/help the person get his/her personal stuff.
Usually IT will shut off access to the computer while you are in meeting with the person, but allowances should be made to get personal information off (for instance, I have photos on my computer that are used as my screensaver). I also have some scientific papers that are work and personal related. (I also regularly copy those to an external hard drive to make sure I have them in case I get canned or just as another back up).
380crunch wrote:
Mr. Scott wrote:
I’m new in this position and have never had to let someone go. We have process for allowing an employee to correct their work but after a month the decisions has been made to terminate.
I don’t know whether they will be surprised but frankly, I want to throw up.
Have you fired anyone? How did it go?
I have both for layoffs and performance. It's the most stressful thing I've had to do as a manager. I had a hard time sleeping the night before.
Someone from HR should definitely be there to answer any questions they have about pay, etc. In my case HR walked them out straight after the meeting. They were not allowed back to their desk to collect personal items or talk to other employees
Be honest, look them in the eye, keep it short. Don't get into a discussion and let them know the decision is final if they start asking about another chance.
You should also talk to the rest of your staff immediately after to avoid speculation and rumors. You don't need to explain why the person was fired, just that they were terminated.
Good luck!
Everything this guy said, plus I want to add.... Do it today. You'll feel better not having to carry around the stress.
How long have you and the employee been at your job? What are your ages/sexes?
You don't fire him ! You give him a promotion. Not a problem.
The sense of power you’ll feel will be a kind of exhilaration you’ve never felt before. It’s like running a race. You’ll be nervous at the start, and you may feel miserable during, but immediately after, euphoria such that you’ll forget all about the bad parts and want to do it again.
Power makes some people nervous. But don’t fight it; embrace it.
After the door closes, 30 seconds of uplifting quotes about closure and other various cues to calm the party into what is happening. Then inject them with the poison calmly. Talk about their strengths and offer your willingness to write them a letter of recommendation for future job prospects or be a reference to minimalize the dejected awkwardness. Might even have recommended opportunities for them on hand. Do what you can to encourage while they are hit with emotion. Point out the window to a world beyond. Shake their hand and try to salvage confidence moving forward because this next phase of life will be very difficult.
embrace it wrote:
The sense of power you’ll feel will be a kind of exhilaration you’ve never felt before. It’s like running a race. You’ll be nervous at the start, and you may feel miserable during, but immediately after, euphoria such that you’ll forget all about the bad parts and want to do it again.
Power makes some people nervous. But don’t fight it; embrace it.
You are my MVN . Most Valuable Nobody . You must be a manager at walmart.
OP Any chance you work at CBS ?