> Newcomb describes it as “one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever had to > make because it meant letting go of some people.” Stressing the firings > weren’

> Newcomb describes it as “one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever had to > make because it meant letting go of some people.” Stressing the firings > weren’t easy for him. “Before I made the decision, I drove scar from San > Francisco to Baltimore and back to think it through,” he explains. “I took > eight days.” I have fired people. It is brutal. I have been fired. It's worse. So managers, please: Never solicit sympathy for the pain of firing people.