Calacanis tells the employee who is underperforming and/or has a deeply negative attitude: "You're really great at a, b and c, but we need you to be great at x, y and z and also to have a much more positive attitude than you currently have. We have thought it through and think you are unlikely to be able to make the changes needed to meet the needs of our business. So we will give you two weeks severance (which the employee wouldn't receive if he or she were fired) to land on your feet and a positive reference letter regarding the skills you are good at. We think it would be better for you in finding your next job to say that you resigned from our company, because your skills and goals were not aligned with ours than to say you were fired."
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Pulling the Trigger
Great tips on how/why you should fire employees. It sucks - but here's a nice approach from the article: Pulling the Trigger
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Thanks for the article-- Good timing-- I'm dealing with this issue right now & have friends who have to do this with contractors/employees overseas on a regular basis. If only we could terminate as easily in the public sector...
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