Commendable as this is: it's of course a lot easier for employees you think highly of than employees you dislike or with whom things simply didn't work out: "I

Commendable as this is: it's of course a lot easier for employees you think highly of than employees you dislike or with whom things simply didn't work out: "I'm letting go Bob. Bob is an ok coder, but it didn't really work out with him. Bob is more interested in trying out new tricks than in writing solid, maintainable code. He's also arrogant and won't listen to a word you say, even when you're trying to tell him what the specifications for the project are." Who'd want to do that?