[unclebilly]

In the engineering team that I manage, Person A won’t be employed come Friday.

I was explaining this to my dad last night... as a manager of 15 people, I have 10 hours per week to work on my own projects and 30 hours per week for managing my team, which works out to 2 hours per subordinate. It sounds like person A is taking up significantly more than their 2 hours per week which would result in the other team members not getting the attention they need, the manager not getting their own work done, or the manager putting in a bunch of extra time to accomplish everything. At some point, regardless of how good Person A’s work it, the manager needs to cut out the cancer. It is hurting the team, it is hurting the company, and it is hurting the customers.

In Canada, we can fire without cause. You have to pay a small severance depending on position and time with the company. For engineers, this is 4 weeks per year with the company. It’s cheaper than legal action.