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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP--you work for a Federal agency. Surely you have a supervisor or some HR office that you can talk with and advise. Coming to an anonymous forum and searching random websites isn't how one goes about being an informed manager. Use the resources you have within your office to help navigate this process. You're not the first person to terminate someone. There's no need for you to be out there on your own.[/quote]

OP again.  I'm well aware of our HR office, I've worked with them closely on this.  I came to an anonymous forum to gauge general opinions, I don't want to raise an issue like this and have the employee not only face termination, but also the idea that their manager is concerned they are a loose cannon.  And I have no opinion on them either way in regards to this, but I've never gone through this process before.  HR documents everything, I don't want to express a concern like this to them if it isn't well founded.[/quote]

So is your fear well-founded or not?  You need to answer that question before you go any farther.  Having gone through EXACTLY what you're going through, five months ago when my employee was given the 30-day notice of proposed termination, I had a pretty good gut on what her reaction would be, since I had had numerous engagements with her on everything that led to the documentation for the various acts of misconduct and her eventual PIP (for failure to perform).  She was cordial during the 30-day response period, even acting (finally) like a productive employee (finally, too bad she hadn't done that earlier).  If you do have fears, based upon how your employee has acted previously, talk to your senior leaders and ask them to move the employee or provide them with admin leave so that they're out of the office.  Good luck, this is not a fun process.  You will be AMAZED at how much more relaxed you will be once things finally go through and your employee is gone (assuming the deciding official agrees with your recommendation).[/quote]

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