How to terminate unstable employee

Are you talking about our President?

Hillary lost. :'(

Have had a revenge seeking employee.

*Document everything

*Make sure this is not a surprise to him

*Have all paperwork in order

*If he seems interested in some kind of severance and you can offer, do it if still on good enough terms..*sometimes money well spent*

*Have an HR person/other person present for event

*Determine whether you will ask him to vacate immediately or work out a notice

*Get keys, passwords, etc and logins that he should/should not have. Social media admin stuff as well.

*Deal in an upfront way about what you are/are not willing to say to prospective employers

*If you have not already done so, create a handbook or policy matter on anything above that you cannot answer

*Review your evacuation/emergency drill is -- how to exit building, etc. (This is worst case scenario) but you never know.

Best of luck. This kind of thing sucks but blows over quite quickly these days as well.

If you have the authority to fire him. Then, fire him.

If he does anything illegal in return, take an attorney.

Al Visi wrote:

I really like the guy, but he has become a distraction to my company. I am afraid he will be angry and do god knows what. I am running a business not charity.

Have any of you had to endure a revenge seeking employee?

Do you know their political affiliation? A lot of left nuts out there...

You should tweet that he was fired.

And send one of your other employees to deliver the message.

If you cannot find any employee to do that, just pick any person who knows him.

Treat him exactly like Milton Waddams was treated in Office Space:

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Milton_Waddams

Lundberg wrote:

Treat him exactly like Milton Waddams was treated in Office Space:

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Milton_Waddams

The red stapler would be a nice parting gift. He's not exactly sharp, tries to take a lot of shortcuts that always end up costing more. Can't afford his antics anymore.

Make America Great Again wrote:

You should tweet that he was fired.

And send one of your other employees to deliver the message.

If you cannot find any employee to do that, just pick any person who knows him.

He doesn't seem to have any real friends, maybe I should rent a cop or two for the day.

You might get one of these for backup:

https://www.amazon.com/Taser-Pulse-Live-Cartridges-Black/dp/B01JXATTWM

Read about someone who was tased here recently and seemed to be very effective.

You need to talk to an employment law attorney. Every state is different.

A message board is not the place to seek legal advice.

Starno wrote:

If you have the authority to fire him. Then, fire him.

If he does anything illegal in return, take an attorney.

If you do not follow the law (and also company policies), you could end up costing yourself a lot of money. Hiring an attorney to clean up a mess likely will cost more than consulting with one before hand.

Even in at will states, there can be issues in firing people. For instance, if the employee is unstable as the OP claims, would that employee have grounds under the ADA to sue?

Tasering may be your only recourse.

Luv2Run wrote:

Starno wrote:

If you have the authority to fire him. Then, fire him.

If he does anything illegal in return, take an attorney.

If you do not follow the law (and also company policies), you could end up costing yourself a lot of money. Hiring an attorney to clean up a mess likely will cost more than consulting with one before hand.

Even in at will states, there can be issues in firing people. For instance, if the employee is unstable as the OP claims, would that employee have grounds under the ADA to sue?

Has the employee disclosed his/her disability and asked for reasonable accommodation?

End of thread. Succinct and 100% spot on.

Hire George Clooney to break the news to him.

Seriously, hire a security guard or off duty uniformed cop to come in and escort him from the premises. Do it as early as possible in the morning. As soon as he comes in is best. Have an HR person present taking notes.

No security? I have seen some impressively uncivilized people. Not that you need to flaunt security, just to have them on call.

This is a running message board. You have apparently confused it with...well, who knows what you have it confused with. Sad.

Hurdles400m wrote:

This is a running message board. You have apparently confused it with...well, who knows what you have it confused with. Sad.

Have you seen some of the other threads? I am sure we are all runners and the even the "employee" is one as well.