I’m letting go of an employee this week, and it’s making me feel terrible. I’m wracked with guilty and full of empathy.

I’m still letting them go, but any advise on how to not feel so emotionally guilty for firing someone?

  • KayanarkaBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You say they may not see it coming? Have you written them up a few times? Discussed the issue and ways they can fix it? I am not a lawyer, but I have been involved in two unemployment investigations. You better have all of your documentation together or your going to eat an unemployment claim.

    • sofia_alyssaOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m in an at will state where you need to be employed for 140 days to qualify for unemployment. They’re on day like 85

      And the reason I haven’t spoken to them is because they violated a boundary with an employee - and when I’m not working w this said employee they don’t do anything really out of line. But with other employees, they’re bossing them around, making drinks wrong and arguing with customers

      And this was all brought to my attention last week…

      So I debated talking to them about it but this isn’t a conversation correction. This is a personality issue.

      This said employee, took another employees phone and texted me as the other employee. It was so out of line and strange. And in that regard, that is fireable in itself. That’s not something you cannot correct: teach.