12 Reasons to Fire an Employee

Wow, so, what the author is saying is if your not perfect then you get canned? I agree with SUTT and Mandie. Im a union member myself. I'd hate to work for this guy.

I have carpal tunnel from a job injury and .I been off work for 9 years .I try to find a job even with my carpal I can do certain work,but noone will hire me.So what do that tell you about these companies disability policys.

LOL What a joke. All the catch phrases of management in blaming the employee for their own incompetence, lack of common sense, planning, while at the same time screwing over the employee to get their own perks and bonuses.

Unions are a safe haven for bums,do your job and no one will ever bother you.

This writer has explained how the workers have gone from being a Dime a Dozen to A Dime a Hundred, good workers and average workers need room for mistakes. But as we have seen over the last 10 plus years there is only room for mistakes to be rewarded at the top.

The CEO's of today have no compassion for what employees have given to them over their time at the company. They cut benefits, take away from every angle they can, and then expect 110% loyalty from the employee. They look at insurance as a cost to them personally, but forget what the employees put into their pockets thru their efforts. Not a good time for CEO's, or employees.

If you hire the right person for the job as opposed to your friend or your cousin, there would be no need to 'fire'. Hiring managers have NO idea of how to go about hiring the right person. They simply follow a ridiculous script, most times having no idea what the questions actually mean and in the process, pass up the best people. When they discover later that they've hired a lying, stealing slug, they are flabbergasted.

I have been fired twice so one of the supervisors friends could have the job. Unfortunately I live in a state (Pennsylvania), of which there are many, that are "employment at will" states. That basically means your employer can fire you at any time for any or even no reason. I have been a union member at other jobs in my past. Unions wouldnt exist if it werent for unscrupulous employers. Thats one of the reasons the unions began. Many major employers give classes to mid level managemen

I seem to be in the minority here, but I pretty much agree with what all these CEO's wrote. I am not a CEO myself and probably never will be. But I've worked since I was 14 (am 37 now) - at a water park, a grocery store, a video rental store, a small manufacturing facility, and a large airline. Lots of different places and lots of different folks. And a lot of those folks were the exact type of people described above. For someone like me, who comes in to work every day, is dependable, does

The comments proffered are thought provoking and I believe are founded in sound ********** However, the thought crossed my mind regarding when should an employee fire their employer (i.e get out of Dodge). Many of the thoughts expressed are a two way street especially as it relates to integrity and expectations. Nothing will turn-off a high producing dedicated employee more than empty promises, lack of integrity, and expecatations that are a recipe for failure. The basis of the employer/emplo

Fred I am going to trust my intuition and say thay you are an idoit.

In this New Economy, particularly in the Service Sector, the training consists of a litany of "100 Things You Will Be Fired For". Instead of anything productive being discussed, many new employees are subjected to an 8-hour, stern lecture about their job responsibilities. Every sentence ends with: "And, if you don't do this on time/every time/correctly, you can be fired". While this may be true, it is an absolutely ridiculous way to treat people. You can't e

In my case it is the folks my boss has been hiring that makes everything suck. Maybe the manager or director should do the hiring? In the case of our company. Just saying. I've had to put up w/ big turn arounds at work that means I have to learn everyones names every time a turn around happens. I've had to put up w/ other folks lies,sassy remarks,and folks calling in and or not staying the whole shif as in leaving early, and no shows. I've been passed over and over for full time in the past 7

This is one of the worst articles I've read on msn. Any boss can move the goal posts of performance or slap you with a ruler. Burning an employee isn't true leadership. The ability to take, mold and win over your workers is a true sign of leadership. This mentality is exactly why people hate corporations and whythey get no respect. Profit before people....good job msn. Geez.....

Where does one begin?! Mr. Gerber, young entrepreneurs are the last group that I would turn to for management and leadership advice. Insights and instinctual prognostication on the ****** of technology prodcts and services yes, people strategies and tactics NO! As evidenced by their input, they have little expertise in employee engagement AND performance and enough experience to make them dangerous. They say nothing of their responsibility to influence and motivate the performance of their e

This is what Unions gave us,American Federation of Labor (AFL), 1886, concentrated on the key issues of child labor opposition, demand for an eight hour day, and protection of the worker from unsafe working conditions and a decent wage. Labor Unions were developed to give the workers a group that could protect their health, jobs, and wages from owners of the factories and businesses that did not take into account the safety and health and necessity of a living wage for their workers. Labor Union

a hard working person would not want anything to do with a union. all they do is creat problems for the company and allow none workers to milk the system.

You have to be true to yourself. Do you love what you are doing or not. If you don't, then move on. If you do love it, then it should show and many of these reasons will not matter since your boss will overlook them knowing everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes the boss could just re-purpose an employee to put them into a position they are more fit for, or will help them spark their passion again. Having cut and dry reasons to fire people is not the best way to go. Other than no call/no show

What do you say about an employee has been with a company for 24 years, and suddenly the employer(s) decide that you don't know your job and want to fire you on some trumped up junk? I have worked that many years for a municipality which is sel-governed by a board of what I consider to be incompetent council members who do not have a clue about all the work that is done a daily basis. They follow what the mayor says like dumb sheep with no voice of their own. The mayor actually has a hidden agen

I agree integrity is essential but, when your boss has no integrity, it's time to look for a new employer!

Let's not forget about the women with children in the workplace.... ugh. (I am a female.) What I am completely tired and fed up with are the women who come in 15 minutes late (every day), are not reliable, and are not capable of doing their job. Their excuses always go back to their children (kid sick, late for the bus, etc.). And they get to leave work early to pick up their kids (when I asked if it was possible for myself to tale a 30 minute lunch like them so I could leave 30 minutes earl

Who is this person to even justify firing someone when they can't even spell!!

Good advice, now here is some more: 1) Pay the employee what they're worth, quit trying to screw the people that work for you, 2) Provide and pay for the bulk of the employee's health care. Group policies are significantly lower than individual policies so pay for the best program you can obtain and write it off as an expense. 3) Offer a credible and obtainable bonus program. Every business wants to double their profits each year (or more) but that is unreasonable. Set realistic goals and if met

Wouldnt it be nice to fire your manager when the motivation and drive isnt there. Pitting the employees against each other and hiring slugs just to have bodies there doesnt help motivate anyone who is a good worker. Also how many people have quit or been fired in the last year or two, compared to the same companies other branches or stores. It isnt always employees who have a problem. When employees have higher standards then managers, there is a problem.

a pure ******* wrote this article...the main reason people get fired is because there are a thousands of unemployed out there per job,the employer can use up the talents of an employee,put all kinds of expectations,then fire when the employee reaches there limits...especially on a physical job,you can work a guy into the ground,overtime,in the sun,dawn till dusk,plus traffic,rip him off his overtime pay,then when the guy tries to set a pace for himself or speak up about his hrs,bam!!..fired...th

I'm amazed that professionals cannot use the English languate correctly. If an potential employer reads these posts, it would be easy to eliminate people that don't know the difference between "wait" and "weight", or "auther" and "author". "Maked" for "made"? Wow!

To all the people in this page. Rule number one in Industrial Engineering: Nobody is important in a company; from the owner of the company until the janitor.Let me explain mylself: If the owner of the company sells the company , he/she will not be in charge of the company beside he/she will not be care about the employees when he is going to get more money. The janitor could be fired or he quit the job.IN THS MODERN DAYS LOYALTY IS NOT MORE SEEN AS THE OLD TIMES. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE ******,

you should be fired for talking about your business using trite phrases like " the team" . there is no team or any other cute buzz words. you treat your people right and expect them to do their job ..........if they don't do their job they're fired

only two of the articles i can agree on, but for the most part these employers dont give a dam about their employee's what they forget is, without the employee their dreams only amount to long naps.

I worked for a small business for 20 years, was diagnosed with breast cancer, had a masectomy, but was taken back into work only part time after that, and then left go (they said financial problems) when I was preparing to have reconstructive surgery . Where is the business sense in that ? I have no job, (seems like no one wants to hire an older woman) unemployment is gone and I am now a three year survivor.

the hire slow, fire fast comment is quintessential lazy management. If training, setting expectations and followup fail, then yes, move...too often line managers want to fire immediately rather than take time to actually manage. How often has someone wanted to terminate an employee, but rather the Company worked on training and 6 months later found they now had a good employee? The answer is "often'.

I think my boss should be fired. How do I go about that? The person that she dated to get the job is no longer at the company. Should I go to HR or the CEO to let them know about her unethical practices ?

Spoken like a self rightous person who is in power. But what if they are graded by the trurnover, non-productivity and absentee rate of their employess. The lack of capable leadership in industry is the real cause of a poor economy and bad employees. Leaders grow talent, loosers fire talent and "educated" people don't recognize it.

All I want to say is **** the YEC and all these ****** *** managers. They all need to learn to manage their emotions before they can manage humans. I am glad I left corporate America to be self employed because if I had to work for one of these jerk *** managers I would give them hell with the EEOC and a lawsuit. I had my share of BS from managers who dont know their *** from their elbow, like to show their authority, pick your brains because they can do the job, take all credit for your work an

DO NOT ALWAYS BLAME THE EMPLOYEE.SOMETIMES IT IS THE MANAGER WHO DOES NOT PRESENT THE BEST MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND THEREFORE LOSES THE INTEREST OF THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE OF THEIR IGNORANCE TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE .

In a time when unemployment is at an all time high, and STRESS is right there beside it, this is just a very greedy way for corporate america to think. Its always THE BOTTOM LINE that matters, people are DISPOSABLE.

I doubt the auther will aplly these requirments on himself. An employee is a significant investment of money and time and all employees need to be developed. Fast fireing is just throwing money away. Fireing must be by progesive discepline if for no other reason than to protect the company from succesfull lawsuits by fired employees. The auther needs better managment training.

If you run an company and have to meet a payroli, taxes and healthcare payments. If you have to be sure everyone gets a paycheck and benifits even though you don't get one. If you have to put your own money, or even worse borrow it, into the company to be sure everyone gets paid then you belong to a very small and very exclusive club. If you belong to this club and wake up at 3:00 AM with sweat on the back of your neck from worry.....then this article and Scott's points will make perfect sense t

I agree with most of the items listed above, but on the flip sideand as an example, what does an empoyee do when the company has lost it's integrity, and hasn't followed through with it's part of the understanding?

Amen Mandie!!!!!!!!!

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I'm not fired up or ambitious. I want a job, simple as that. So yes, you could make a case for my not being there. But I could make a case for the fact that a certain CEO demanded like 10 million or so, and quit the next day. Being too ambitious can be at odds with the company. Give me something rewarding and steady (don't push me to do more, just give me the exact same week after week), and I'll be happy. "The fire is gone"? If you notice this, perhaps you should "what put it

The person who wrote these rules you can tell has no vested interest in the employee but only in the bottum line. When you work with someone for a long period of time you develope a working relationship and a lot of mistakes can usually go un-noticed because if your on a team that works together mistakes can be easily fixed. Sorry but if an employee is not fired-up it's usually because whom ever is leading the team isn't fired-up. The leader sets the example and when people are enjoying what th

I worked for a company that changed teh rules daily to meet the needs of a "click" of employees. The supervisor was the ehad of that group too. I was ****** by htme for wearing ironed clothes and having combed hair. I was paid to perform a task, done daily to my best ability. Perhaps in some firms the "accept my attitude" ones are the ones that get the raises and praises. Sometimes it is good to change the supervision of a company to benefit the ones who come to work to

I say stop psycho analyzing your employees and focus on building your business. I'm from the West Coast now living in the south which I hate because the majority of their hiring and firing decision are based on personal feelings which should have no place in that decision. That's why they are suffering so much financially, economically, creatively, etc. and only have very few companies on the Forbes Top Companies To Work For in America List if any. The companies here don't grow because they fire

Philosophies can go both ways. As an employer of a small multi-million dollar business, I think the author is spot on. My employees are well taken care of and enjoy their jobs. I hold them responsible from day one. Training is a must but once the training is done, They are accountable to the goals and the mission of the business. If you falter, you must move on. Everyone on the bus must be in the right seat but once in a while we stop the bus, let someone off and get someone new to fill the

Good luck finding the perfect employee who is going to make you a rich off his own skills. I think if an employee is this good he would be working for himself....And any way maybe the employee just needs a little respect. Say hey you did a good job on the project and watch how fast they come into line. Always say you do a good job even if they don't it changes the environment and its worth a million.

When I had people working for me, I looked at it like if they don't care enough about their jobs to give their all, I didn't either and would fire them. When you are the boss it is your job or theirs. If they aren't doing their job, you will lose yours. When it came to my family or theirs, their family finished a distant second. It is simply a matter of survival. Yours and the companies. I have always worked like I owned the company and give them the best I had for the money they were paying.

This totally SUCKS... Shame on YOU if you hire LOSERS...suffer.

As a employer I enjoyed this article. The work ethic has changed over the last twenty years. I fine it difficult to accept many young employees are expecting instant gratification. Another problem is the cell phone is a product producing work place. . . . . . . . South Shore Signs

your boss is just a puss and hides behind his title and uses you as a scapegoat.

As an employer, I agree with most of this article. The one that really hits home is Employees=ROI. When you have a disgruntled employee, they really do drag down the rest of the staff, especially when they are vocal about it. Sure, talk to the employee, try to find out what the problem is (it's often not even work related) and try to reach a compromise, but I would rather sacrafice a bad employee to preserve the sanity of the good employees than to worry about the bad employee's livelihood.

These are all great thoughts to work by, but what happens when the boss has no interity. I spent almost 5 years (4 years 11months) working for an insurance agency where my boss and the Senior Partner had no morals, no integrity and no ethics. I was sited for creating a hostial work environment when I called down another secretary for stealing clients. She was the Senior Partners daughter. From that day forward, this girl made my life a living hell and my boss REFUSED to interceed on my behal

IF you fire somebody in today's economy for these reasons most people will sue you for it. They win there case most of the time. Then they have to pay you anyway in unemployment and for damages. I see this happpen. I see all these people commenting that have never lost a job for know reason. I'll tell you being fired for these reasons listed except no call/no show is crap. Don't hire people you don't think will last. Some of the most successfull people in history were fired a lot.

you should also have a list of when its time to fire your boss and say adios to the company

Our department went through a reorg 3 years ago. I was offered a lesser position but didn't lose any pay while several were let go. I embraced my new position with a positive attitude and was supportive of the new Supervisor. She often called me her go-to girl. The department however was full of anger and mistrust. There was very little training of this new Supervisor and it didn't take long to see that she had very little management skills which only created even more distrust among the st

I am so very tired of being treated like expendible slave labor, being paid the least possible and constantly doing more and more for no more money. I am tired of empoyers wanting my job to be my life...my life is not at work!! Frankly I couldn't care less about your bottom line...I am tird of the greed.

The person who wrote this article knows absolutely nothing about employment law. Following this advice will get your company sued. Ignore it.

These Young entrepreneurs can go **** themselves. They are all full of ***** It is only a job. Who the **** cares. You all are so arrogant and full of yourselves I hope one day you all get fired or restructured. It is known as KARMA.

why in the HELL would you wait a year before you fired someone, if they needed to be? Cut your losses fast, the to;l it will take on our team if you wait is hard to repair. That is if THEY stayed through all the BS of the year

Just another dumb article to make people comment ...I have just wasted more minutes of my life to read this as I thought it would be somewhat useful ....I think I will watch another keyboard cat video ...LMAO