Comments on: On Firing an Employee

By: On Firing an Employee II at inluminent

On Firing an Employee II at inluminent — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:32:36 +0000

[...] Reading Josh’s post about his recent termination of his assistant last Friday makes me remember my first time to fire someone. His story brought back those same feelings I felt on the night before… [...]

By: Monkeyspit

Monkeyspit — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I was in a similar position myself. I tried workinging together, explaining goals, warning, and even the probation period. When none of this worked out the realtionship had to come to an end. Then, the employee was shocked and surprised when the time came to part ways! It was a difficult period in my career and made even more so when I discovered that the employee hasn’t yet found a job in over a year. The process was long, but I think it has to be for documentation purposes and due to the weight of such a decision on a person’s life.

By: Jeff Harrell

Jeff Harrell — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Gosh, I hate to sound morbid, but… I need a job. Where do I send my resum�?

I’ve heard that people who live in New York sometimes look for a new apartment by reading the obituaries. This feels uncomfortably like that.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I hope you gave the guy a decent severance package. Average time between jobs for white collar workers right now is 22 weeks. And Texas unemployment insurance is a joke.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Take solace that this isn’t you: During a round of layoffs, my current company let an employee that works for me go – without notifying me, of course – that had been there for over 7 years. They emailed him the fact that he’d been laid off, because my boss “didn’t have his home phone number”. What’s worse that this is that there’s only about 30 people in the entire company…

And people tell me Scott Adams doesn’t follow me around with a notebook… hah!

By: Bryan Strawser

Bryan Strawser — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience. It’s certainly never an easy thing to do — but generally turns out to be a better things for your team (their now-former co-workers). Having the opening sucks for a bit though.

Thanks again,

Bryan

By: RufusJordan

RufusJordan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I was fired from my job about a week ago i asked my employer why and he would not tell me is that legel the rumor has it that it was for sexual harasment but no investigation was conduted is ther anything i can do

By: Michael Tsai's Weblog

Michael Tsai's Weblog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

On Firing an Employee

Inluminent: Last Monday, I fired an employee for the first time in my life. It was the worst morning of my life, and the weekend before that Monday was horrible as well.

By: Advanced Combo Tricks

Advanced Combo Tricks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

On firing someone

inluminent/weblog: On Firing an Employee dws has some good links on how to deal with firing someone.

By: kasia in a nutshell

kasia in a nutshell — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Links, we’ve got links

I’m a bit out of it these days.. so instead of original content I’ll let others speak for me.. a…

By: The ArcterJournal

The ArcterJournal — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

On The Firing of an Employee

Interesting article on firing an employee which was a good read (via kasia). I’ve luckily never had to do this,…

By: The ArcterJournal

The ArcterJournal — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

On The Firing of an Employee

Interesting article on firing an employee which was a good read (via kasia). I’ve luckily never had to do this,…