Dismissing/Sacking someone...Why Do I feel Bad?

[johnnyboy1965]

It had to happen. She had to go. She broke the law. It reflected on me, and the company I work for. Despite numerous "off the record" chats. Official verbal and written warnings, she still managed to F**k Up. So sacked.
Im not looking for sympathy or reassurance, but why do I feel bad about it?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If she was too stupid to take your advice and change her ways i do not see what option you had, you did everything you could i would have done the same with no remorse.

 

[Bigcol49]

It had to happen. She had to go. She broke the law. It reflected on me, and the company I work for. Despite numerous "off the record" chats. Official verbal and written warnings, she still managed to F**k Up. So sacked.
Im not looking for sympathy or reassurance, but why do I feel bad about it?

Hi!
Because you're a nice guy and a caring employer. Even though your employee made serious errors, she must have had plenty of good points, otherwise why did you employ her?

 

[Hoddy]

Sadly i have had to let a few people go over the years through mixtures of things. Incompetence, flouting rules, and everything else.

I would say well done to you and pat you on the back. Far to many people are shy and afraid of dealing with personnel issues. Which leads to rubbish places to work and poor companies.

You did everyone a favour basically so don't feel bad.


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[Ajhutch]

You feel bad about it because you're a good person. It's an extremely tough thing to do but it sounds like you've been through a sensible and fair process and had no other option. Keep your head up - cheers!

 

[Tau]

It wasn't because she was you wife, sister or even mother by any chance?

 

[Hoddy]

It wasn't because she was you wife, sister or even mother by any chance?

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[SteveWTBD]

I am glad to see you followed due process. It seems very hard to get rid of someone, unless they have had all the warnings etc, and not find yourself having to pay them for unfair dismissal.

I've had to let people go in the past. I work for myself now with no employees and I don't miss the pain employing people can cause you.

The main thing is to remember that you have sacked this employee having given it serious thinking and you decided it was the correct way forward. There can't be many worse tasks for anyone with a conscience.

Good luck.

 

[Gerryjo]

You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

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[Slayer]

It had to happen. She had to go. She broke the law. It reflected on me, and the company I work for. Despite numerous "off the record" chats. Official verbal and written warnings, she still managed to F**k Up. So sacked.
Im not looking for sympathy or reassurance, but why do I feel bad about it?

What you have to remind yourself is that:
1. You followed due process.
2. She put you in the position where you had to take this action.

It's understandable you feel bad but remember the above points :thumb:

 

[Gunge]

There's some real deadwood at our works whose only aim is to do as little as possible on the occasions they turn up, and demoralise everyone else to the point of making them wonder why they go the extra mile and consider moving on. If I had the power I wouldn't think twice about sacking these people. It's work, not a social club. Our bosses seem to have lost their testicular appendages long ago.

 

[BarnBrian]

Imagine how Arthur Pierrepoint must have felt!!!!

 

[Gunge]

Imagine how Arthur Pierrepoint must have felt!!!!

I don't think he'd have had many hang-ups about his job.

 

[Clint]

You did right. As Gunge says...you can forgive errors and genuine mistakes and re educate but persistent,deliberate non conformance has to be dealt with. Just make sure you go down all the correct channels as there's plenty of ambulance chasers out there...
A "good lad" worked with us for many years, when he could be bothered he was a good worker but he got worse and worse and eventually got the sack. He loved the overtime to the point of earning 50k a year...that to the dole...dead clever!
General concensus amongst the lads....most said "serves him right"...


Cheers

Clint

 

[Dutto]

It's never a nice feeling when you sack someone.

Two from my experience:

1. The guy who did the "absolute minimum needed to keep his job" finally screwed up so I was happy to sack him. Unfortunately, I then went and hired a complete knobhead who worked like mad but screwed up so often that "Mr. Minimum" became a fond memory.

2. After he had been on-site for nearly three week, I fired a contract specialist on the basis that I was paying his company oodles of money ($1,700 a day!) for him to "work" not "supervise" and that I had twice before warned him of his fate if he failed to do what was required.

The man asked "Who are you?" and when I replied that I was the man who paid his wages he said "But you don't wear a suit."

Apparently, the guy who wore jeans and a "T" shirt could be discounted whereas my assistant (who wore a suit because he never left the office) must be the man in charge.

I still cringe at both memories.

 

[Graz]

Personally I've never had to fire anyone but I can't for one second imagine it's a nice thing to do. Never been on the receiving end either and I also wouldn't like that.

Many years ago a manager at our work had to let a guy go because basically he was completely useless at his job, not sure if he'd made it through the probationary period or not but he had to go. The chap in question was nice enough he just couldn't perform the role, the manager was also one of the nicest guys you'd meet really chilled and friendly. The manager got so cut up about having to get rid of this guy that he ended up being off work for at least a month with stress!

This was long before the days of an HR department, we were only a small company back then, these days it would be someone from HR and they probably do so many times a year and probably still sleep at night