Posted by mushrooms on Aug 09, 2019 in Main
On Firing
- If your most frequent interaction with employees is to fire them, you're not doing a good job
- If the only way you know how to handle an employee that does something you don’t like is to fire them, you should not be running a business
- You don’t have to like your employees, but you need to respect them and their contributions. That’s why you pay them.
- People are almost always more loyal to their coworkers than to the company. Although the person you fired unfairly is gone from the company, their friends are unhappy with you. Forever.
- If you throw a tantrum and fire someone, then lie as to why you did what you did, people usually find out the truth.
- You may be the most powerful person in the building, but you can't do the work of the people you fire
- It takes at least a year for most people to become proficient at their job, you should not discard that experience carelessly. Do you not understand the company must now invest another year of training?
- You can't buy loyalty. You have to earn it. You earn it by being good to people.
- Most people want to contribute. If they spend the time to create and offer suggestions to make your company better and you don't even consider them, you're a fool. And the suggestions will stop.
- No one wants to do the same thing for ever. If there is no room for advancement, why should anyone work harder than necessary?
- Firing the employees that built the company, after many years of service, over some perceived slight is ridiculous. And their friends know it.
- Everyone says stuff they shouldn't now and then. Demoting people for a harmless comment is unnecessary. It will cost you more than you know.
- Be fair. If there are additional payments for duties like on call assignments, they should be given to employees uniformly. On-call requires the same level of attention from hourly employees as salaried. It is not fair to say the hourly employee only gets paid when they are handling calls.
- If you're surprised when people quit, you're not doing a good job. Most people voice concerns before quitting. If you don't listen, you lose.
- It may be your company, but the only reason people work there is to get paid. They can get paid at a different job.
- The people you don't fire are afraid they will be fired next
- The people you don't fire also realize there is no job security, they could be fired at any minute for any issue, there is little reason to invest more than necessary in your company.
- Even the employees that don't know each other are united. If one group of employees is treated unfairly, rest assured the other team members know it and empathize. Even if they don't say anything.
- If people post publicly that they're unhappy, you should drop everything and address their concerns. As quickly as possible.
- Your IT team is watching for emails and addressing them 24/7. It's because they care and want to do a good job. If your HR person abuses this, your IT team may quit.
- Remember how employees care about their friends? They're not going to help you after they quit if you fire their friends. Really.
- HR is supposed to help the employees thrive within the company. It is not supposed to help the company thrive at the expense of the employees.
- Leadership Summits are divisive. You're not impressing anyone. The people who aren't at the summit are just glad you're out of the office.
- If you treat people poorly, they will do only what they have to do to get paid. Until they can quit.
- After you fire everyone, how do you expect the work to get done?
Your clients see personnel changes, whether voluntary or not. Doing business with a company in turmoil incurs significant risk.
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