When I got this morning I did not think that I'm actually going to have to terminate someone. And by the end of the day I had to. I hated everything about the process. I tried. I tried really hard to retain the familiar face around. But had to let go, when other familiar faces spoke up. I’m not sure I did it well when I did it, but I’ve thought a lot about for the past few hours and now somehow, i have called my peace.
Having a business sometimes, puts you, in direct charge like God Itself - it seems in some ways...with the people who work for you. I realized a long time ago, when you pay faithfully, you expect work- faithfully. In a way you control people's addiction to food, clothing and shelter, and if you care about people at all you're reluctant to cut those things off.
And I also told myself, what I learnt many eons ago, that if you've genuinely worked with them to be sure they understand what they need to improve, and they haven't, then you owe it to them, to your company, and to yourself to end the relationship.
Now, this is more of a personal question than a practical one. Even though they have failed time and again to perform; I STILL feel bad about firing employees and want to find a way to not make it happen. It bothers me even though it was done after many, many rounds of performance improvement plans, corralling ideas, listening to suggestions and providing opportunity – I had to let a nice person go.
Why is it that good people turn to be bad employees, so much so that even their team mates want them out? Is that just me being highly sensitive lass? Or is this inherent to the all the folks in the management gigs that run shops around the world..?
Well there it is.. Spicy Sultana has asked a question…perhaps somebody will answer someday. I guess I will go to bed tonight thinking I did the right thing and everyone in will be better for it. Sweet dreams beckon. And the world economy sucks.
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