Firing as a Moral Good

The worst thing an employer can do to an employee is continuing to employ them even though they are not worth more than they cost.

Continuing to employ someone who is losing you money is not a charity, or a nice thing to do, it is active destruction and a vicious attempt to fake reality at the expense of the employees future.

A refusal to fire or lay off employees means spending your own and your shareholder’s money to try and dupe an employee into thinking that they are a value creator when in reality they are a value destroyer.

It is a good investment for employers to give feedback and try to help and employee develop instead of firing them at the first sign of trouble, but if an employee continues to not create value, the best thing an employer can do for that employee is firing them.

Getting the feedback that you are not creating value is the most critical information an employee can get and holding off on giving that feedback for a month, a year, or more is not helping them–it is seriously harming them.