It's a huge relief to the team to have a bad performer removed. I've been on a team where a bad player was removed and the whole team was noticeably better per

It's a huge relief to the team to have a bad performer removed. I've been on a team where a bad player was removed and the whole team was noticeably better performing a month later. It sounds a little "woo woo" to say it, but I think a lot of energy was freed up by the firing. Instead of thinking about how to deal with our bad teammate, we could focus on getting our work done.