> Dustin wants me to know that it was his decision to not hire me. “I have to feel really good about a person before I bring them on, and I don’t feel that way

> Dustin wants me to know that it was his decision to not hire me. “I have to feel really good about a person before I bring them on, and I don’t feel that way about you,” he says. Whenever I took a decision to fire somebody, I always made a point of openly taking responsibility for it. I thought it was the right thing to do; I was sick of people who couldn't stomach making a decision, and that I could at least look the person I was letting go in the eye and try to explain, in the most honest and open way possible the reason for my decision. Same for declining to hire someone after an interview. But reading this, it felt unnecessary cruel; now I wonder if it's sometimes best to just let these things work out themselves. May be not everyone is like me, and some people don't really need this conversation. One thing for certain though: Dustin had no self-interest in having this conversation, after author have already been informed about the decision.