Yup. Or if not firing, then some other action like redesigning the job around the skills the employee actually has or transferring them to something they can ac

Yup. Or if not firing, then some other action like redesigning the job around the skills the employee actually has or transferring them to something they can actually do. I've seen this from the other side, when I accepted a job that turned out to require skills I didn't have. It was an unbelievably crappy experience. Prompt action -- within the first six months, maybe -- would have saved a lot of grief.