I don't wanna, I don't think so

By Anonymous - 10/08/2022 00:00

Today, I had to fire an employee for the first time in my life. She broke something that keeps breaking on its own, but she didn't report it. HR made me fire her. FML
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RichardPencil 30

This sounds like a riddle. What breaks on its own? 1. Wind 2. Waves 3. Bad Is one of these right?

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andrewgr 4

Letting an employee go-- or even just telling them that they're severely underperforming and putting them on a performance plan-- is some of the worst emotional pain I've felt in my life. I care about the people who report to me way more as *people* than I do as employees. It's so rough. I can say that 2 out of the 4 times I've needed to do it, the person wound up in a better place-- one was dealing with mental health issues, and the other was an alcoholic. I've heard from both of them after time passed, and both were in better life situations. The other two just plain sucked, though. And I can't even imagine needing to fire someone for some B.S. reason just because HR said so. I'm sure this must have been very hard for you, and I hope you don't spend much time feeling guilty about it.

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RichardPencil 30

This sounds like a riddle. What breaks on its own? 1. Wind 2. Waves 3. Bad Is one of these right?

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andrewgr 4

Letting an employee go-- or even just telling them that they're severely underperforming and putting them on a performance plan-- is some of the worst emotional pain I've felt in my life. I care about the people who report to me way more as *people* than I do as employees. It's so rough. I can say that 2 out of the 4 times I've needed to do it, the person wound up in a better place-- one was dealing with mental health issues, and the other was an alcoholic. I've heard from both of them after time passed, and both were in better life situations. The other two just plain sucked, though. And I can't even imagine needing to fire someone for some B.S. reason just because HR said so. I'm sure this must have been very hard for you, and I hope you don't spend much time feeling guilty about it.

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