Firing someone is never easy, but the consequences associated with holding on to an bad employees are far worse. A bit of logic and your gut feelings tell you it’s time to fire an bad employee, but your emotions and lack of time keep you from taking action. You’re not the only one.
Many entrepreneurs struggle with this decision and delay the inevitable, causing unnecessary strain on themselves, their employees, customers, and certainly on company revenues. If you have a team member who is frequently late, doesn’t do the job well, is apathetic, or creates conflict, holding on to them is not a good choice.
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Once you’ve done everything within your power to coach and train them, it’s time to cut the ties. A single underperformer can have a devastating effect on a company. Yet, more often than not, entrepreneur choose to delay the inevitable based on these emotional factors.
Businesses Finances Are Suffering
Efficiency is paramount to success. An underperforming employee, no matter what their job is, always has a negative impact on revenues. Even if their role is not client-facing, this employee is slowing things down somewhere.
Bad Employees Harm Your Company Culture
No matter the circumstances, if someone is not carrying their weight without consequence it sends a negative message to the other employees. While the impact may not be immediate, you will see a change in attitude and sometimes in the performance of the other team members.
Employees That Are in High Stress or Burnout
With the Burnout, you need to incentivize teamwork over individual efforts. Do that by fostering collaboration. Encourage them to take time off, explain the benefits of taking breaks and assure them that nothing negative will happen if they aren’t in the workplace all the time.
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Make it clear that you don’t expect from them to sacrifice their personal lives because for the job. Introduce stress management measures and focus on showing them how to be more efficient at work.
Your Customers Notice and May Leave Because of It
Whether your employee means well and tries to properly serve your customers, or they are downright clumsy, customers will demonstrate only so much loyalty. Poor customer service reflects on you as a leader and can diminish the respect that others have for you. Also, mistakes cost money–yours and that of your customer.
Holding On Is Unfair to Everyone, Even The Employee Under Question.
You may feel sorry for them; they may be a nice person–whatever. The most overlooked fact is that the employee is more likely to find happiness and self-worth when they find a job that is more suited to their abilities. In my experience, when a well-adjusted individual no longer has to struggle through their workday, they land on their feet. Delaying the inevitable is not fair to you, your other employees, or the employee who needs to go.
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