[jhynesrockmtn]

I'm a financial guy with several managerial years under my belt. In february, I took overall responsibility for HR because we had an "expert" in a director role and they needed me to just provide senior leadership. He had been there about a year.

This guy was constantly out to prove himself, taking things on and making decisions without my input trying to show he could act on his own. Despite months of coaching, nothing was working and he finally screwed up big time. He was always complaining about his level of pay even though he'd gotten promoted into the role and got a good raise at the time.

I fired him on Monday. Up until 2 weeks ago I thought we could still work through it. Now that he's gone and I'm going through his stuff I realize I should have fired him in June. He was behind on everything, coddling poor performers working for him, late on IRS filings, etc. My gut told me he was a screw up. My head told me he was a senior HR professional. Should have listened to the gut!!!!!!!!