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Originally posted by lendaddy
Today I mustered up the guts to sit down a couple employees for the bye bye talk. I HATE doing that, but I finally made myself do it. Times are really tough here and these two are really boat anchors anymore. They have been here so long that they feel untouchable (15 years). Their cost vs output simply made them inviable to me. Not to mention poor attitude as they are at the top of my pay scale and have been for a while. In this business there is a ceiling and that's that. This sours some folk and their attitude becomes a cancer in the shop. With the business on the fence financially I have to do what I have to do.
I know, I'm an ogre.
One took it well and shook my hand, the other cried and promised to send her husband "in to see me". That should be interesting. Anyway, I'm glad it's (mostly) over as I needed to do it, but I'm sad that I had to.
Thank goodness for Michigan "at will " employement laws.
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its never easy to let people go. I know where your coming from. The most dreadful thing I have ever done is fire an employee, even when they deserve it its still hard to do.
Laying people off due to a tanking economy is the worst, you know they are in trouble because there are hardly any jobs available.
Who ever thinks we are not on the fast track to a recession is turning a blind eye. I am about 2 months away from making some cuts myself.
Lendaddy I am a nice guy like you, I should be laying off right now but I have some "emergancy" money to keep the staff I have for another 2 months hoping for things to get better. I have been paying them 40 hours a week for a couple of months now even though they are only working 30 or less. I can afford to keep that up for a few more weeks.