Need to fire someone - timing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A person who works for me has been screwing up lately and just is really not qualified for job. Ok person but they sense it too.

I am wondering should I just off-board this week? Don’t want to do Xmas week or new years week.

The impending doom is stressing the person so don’t feel I am helping much by letting them hang on.

I don’t need to PIP or give notice.

Is next week better than waiting to Jan? Or just rip off the bandaid?

How have you tried to help this person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A person who works for me has been screwing up lately and just is really not qualified for job. Ok person but they sense it too.

I am wondering should I just off-board this week? Don’t want to do Xmas week or new years week.

The impending doom is stressing the person so don’t feel I am helping much by letting them hang on.

I don’t need to PIP or give notice.

Is next week better than waiting to Jan? Or just rip off the bandaid?

How have you tried to help this person?

it is a train wreck, spelling errors, wrong statements, made up things, AI slop mixed in. When you ask to fix it comes back 10 percent fixed but he created 20 percent more erros. My favorite today he assigned an issue I told him to follow up on to a guy at work who died three years ago. He must have cut and paste off some old doc. Yea he was the guy in charge before he died a few years ago.

He is like the husband who pretend he does not know how to cook so wife cooks everything then every time wife asks for help he burns stuff, makes a mess and breaks things till wife throws him out of kitchen as easier without him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The health insurance point that a PP made is a good one. Let them stay until Jan 2 so they have insurance until Jan 31.

+2

I was let go on the 25th of the month, had to scramble to get on DH’s insurance and his HR office screwed up so we actually weren’t insured for a few days. Imagine if something had happened…

OP, you don’t sound like a nice person to work for.

I am his Boss, not his Mechanic I can't fix him.

And by the way you did have insurance, COBRA is retroactive. You would have just paid one month prem if you made claims under old plan.

Why did you hire them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The health insurance point that a PP made is a good one. Let them stay until Jan 2 so they have insurance until Jan 31.

+2

I was let go on the 25th of the month, had to scramble to get on DH’s insurance and his HR office screwed up so we actually weren’t insured for a few days. Imagine if something had happened…

OP, you don’t sound like a nice person to work for.

I am his Boss, not his Mechanic I can't fix him.

And by the way you did have insurance, COBRA is retroactive. You would have just paid one month prem if you made claims under old plan.

Why did you hire them?

Because she is lazy and knew she could fire him anytime anyhow. That's her attitude here anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The health insurance point that a PP made is a good one. Let them stay until Jan 2 so they have insurance until Jan 31.

+2

I was let go on the 25th of the month, had to scramble to get on DH’s insurance and his HR office screwed up so we actually weren’t insured for a few days. Imagine if something had happened…

OP, you don’t sound like a nice person to work for.

I am his Boss, not his Mechanic I can't fix him.

And by the way you did have insurance, COBRA is retroactive. You would have just paid one month prem if you made claims under old plan.

Why did you hire them?

Because she is lazy and knew she could fire him anytime anyhow. That's her attitude here anyway.

Because I work at a place with a lazy HR who wont use headhunters at hone point would not even pay to advertise LinkedIn. I get a bunch of resumes, I pick best 1-3 and just hire them after one interview. This person on paper was qualified. Funny part that is how I was hired. Hence why we have a lot of 10-30 year people and not many make it past 3 months to two years.

This person has no clue how to read or write deeply. Just pops back AI nonsense mixed in with spelling messes, fake info, and has a personality disorder they dont like to have meetings. They want to do it via email then cut and paste. I am big think deeper, I cant really tell that even in nine interviews. My patience is wearing thin. As I just did something he spent 14 days and had to throw out 100 percent of his work and did it myself in 7 hours.

Quite frankly I did get hired places with Problem solvers, take home tasks, google type places, but guess what I was unemployed at time and had literally had tons of time to do it. Once hired I was asked to do same things but often I had a few hours to complete work I had luxury of a 3-5 days to do. And when I was working FAANG I was easily putting in 60-65 hours a week first 2-3 months to get up to speed then leveled off. A clock puncher doing bare minumun will reach one year quickly and be off boarded. I cant make you work OT.

Difference is the other people if on vacation come in early, leave a bit late the day or two before it work is needed. This person just clocks out on time and leaves stuff even if for CEO or Board with a hard deadline undone. Just a clock puncher.

I think a few firings will help his career.

And yes lazy, all people interviewing are liers to some extent. at this point I just hire them if they cant do it fire them It is their own lies that get them fired not me. And their own laziness. I put I knew SQL a job, I did not. Guess what I got SQL for Dummies, did the on line courses before start date and showed up know it somewhat. This guy just straight up lies then dumb or lazy to even attempt to learn it after the fact.