Comments on: Removing firing as a management tool (Pt 2 of 3)

By: Rob Galanakis

Rob Galanakis — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 01:29:15 +0000

In reply to Mike. Fair enough, Mike. Each situation is unique and this series is of course an overly-general thought experiment. However, there is a danger of misclassifying well-meaning employees into this category, which is why it'd not be my default. It depends on the state of the organization- if you have a very healthy org and you somehow hire this type of person, yeah, fire away. But if you have an unhealthy org or one that you are trying o reform, misattribution/misclassification is a real problem and the firing will hide the underlying issues.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:31:08 +0000

> Odds are your employees want to make things better. If they really hate you and don’t give a shit, you are probably not the type of person to read this blog.

What about the professional troublemakers, egotists and just plain jerks that are out there… you know, the theorists who always have an idea about what should be done but are never actually willing to roll up their sleeves and do .. well, anything. I think you need to include this type of employee in your evaluation of firing resources as an effective tool. I just finished working with an absolute ass who – once fired – professed he was only slowing things down as he did not like the current management of the company and saw himself in their role.

Sometimes, you DO just have to fire the jerk…

By: The myth of the brilliant jerk - RobG3D

The myth of the brilliant jerk - RobG3D — Wed, 21 May 2014 16:22:57 +0000

[…] Why is the Hastings quote so popular? The Netflix presentation is a really excellent one and full of interesting advice and strong statements. I’d even say the brilliant jerk of corporate culture presentations! Why does this quip about “brilliant jerks” resonate with people so much? Probably because we’ve all run into the “brilliant jerk” and the idea of just firing him or her is so pleasing. It also remains cowardly. […]

By: Vilhelm

Vilhelm — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:26:22 +0000

Acting like royalty does not give you royal treatment or ensure you some place on a throne. It most likely will just ensure that you will only be able to attract people that are comfortable around entitled brats with gold trinkets.

Work is the ideal principle to award and exemplify and the more modern companies focus on that, the more they are willing to invest in it for short and long term solutions( I hope).