How do I fire someone?

[kt]

I am not 100% sure here.. someone correct me if I am wrong. But if he has been properly warned of his misconduct on his job and get fired as a result, I don't think he qualifies for unemployment benefits. If he screwed so many times and was warned about it then he does nothing or put any effort in remedy his conduct your company has sufficient ground to fire his ass.

 

[B00ne]

Try this: " You, are fired!!!!"

 

[0roo0roo]

from what you say most minimum wage workers are more competent then this guy

 

[yellowperil]

Yeah I think it turns on whether he was properly warned. After he wrote his first memo, if someone confronted him and told him the mistakes he was making, and he blatantly kept writing them the same way, that would be sufficient. On the other hand if up until now no one has talked to him, I don't know.

 

[kranky]

Document everything he does wrong and sit down with him to go over the numerous mistakes. Luckily(?) for you, he makes so many you don't have to get into the borderline ones like asking callers to spell their names (I know you hate that he does that, but it doesn't sound all that bad). Ask him some open-ended questions like, "Bob, you are making too many mistakes. How do you think that could be corrected?" or "Wouldn't you agree this is a lot of mistakes for one person to make?"

People don't like to confront bad employees because it's uncomfortable, and that's why they keep their jobs.


Or try the light-hearted approach:

"Knock, knock!"
"Who's there?"
"Not you anymore."

 

[Eli]

Figure out the laws in your state regarding exactly this.

Then do what you need to do to get him out of there, even if you have to hire a lawyer.

Man.. that sending Client #1 stuff to Client #2 is really horrible.....

 

[DWray]

If you are really worried about being on the hook for unemployment, write a resignation letter for him to sign in exchange for severance pay. The signed letter will protect you from any legal action, which should be worth 2 weeks/1 month of his salary.

Make sure you have 2 people present (one doing the firing, one witness), call him into the office. Keep the meeting very professional and do not make it personal on any level. Present your case (hopefully well documented prior to the meeting) and stay away from saying things to try to make yourself feel "less guilty" about firing him. Have his final paycheck for his work/time already performed (plus any accrued sick/vacation time) and a seperate one for his severance. Offer the severance in exchange for his resignation. Explain that regardless, he is not working there any more and that your company will fight any unemployment claim made by him if he chooses not to resign. I think any sane person given the choice between resigning with severance and being fired for cause will choose the former.

 

[Vac]

Man this world is just turned upside down. My first thought is just to tell him YOU'RE FIRED...but I am a little nicer than that...

Just go to him one day after lunch and say, "I'm sorry, but we are going to have to let you go. Please gather up your personal items by the end of the day."

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: KK
Why not drop his pay down to minimium wage? That would piss him off and force him to look elsewhere.

KK

You do thast it's the same as fireing him and rehireing him at a lower rate. Unemployment benefits will be calculated on the pre-fire date.