I just had to fire one of my team, not a nice thing to do at any time, but this was the first firing I have had to do personally. Not that he didn't have it coming mind you, the guy was consistently late and calling in sick and just generally unreliable. In a support industry you just cant have that, our clients rely upon us being there and they never knew what was going on with their queries as we never knew when he would be in... but still not a nice thing to do to anyone.
Actually this is the first time I've had that conversation from either side so it was particularly hard as I had no inkling of what to say having never had it said to me, so I kept it short and sweet... well maybe sweet isn't the word... short and brutal would probably be more accurate!
Still, I imagine its like killing a man... it's never pleasant but it gets easier each time...
Oddly my working relationship with him started when I shot him in a high noon style shootout when we went paint balling with company... we were duelling to see who got to keep James as our name in the workplace... the loser had to adopt a girls name...
R.I.P. Becca
Here is a picture of Jim when we made him go bling (made him a target) for the paint balling.. oh happy days! (Is it wrong of me to reminisce about shooting an employee?)
Incidentally look out for my new blog: 1001 Excuses to skive off work - the Jim Blog
1 comment:
man you better never show him that lol
Your boss...
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