It certainly seems like the expectations weren't at all clearly communicated to him. Either that or very frequent insubordination was tolerated by management, w

It certainly seems like the expectations weren't at all clearly communicated to him. Either that or very frequent insubordination was tolerated by management, which is a problem with management. First off a Jr shouldn't be working on a project all by themselves, obviously. That's on management to fix, an employee shouldn't be expected to perform at a higher level than they were hired at. >Meeting calls were attended with of his wife making outbound sales calls in the same room and frequently with his dogs barking like crazy the whole time. The idea this would happen "frequently" is crazy. As a meeting leader myself if someone showed up to a (virtual) meeting with such noise/distractions in the background I would absolutely stop the meeting immediately and let the employee know they need to find an appropriate place. Once they did I'd resume the meeting. If claimed they didn't have access to a quiet/appropriate place at that moment I'd have them leave that meeting (or at least mute themselves) and speak to them offline about appropriate behavior during meetings. The stuff about him missing work (presumably without using PTO or LWOP) should be met with an immediate formal reprimand. Any other instances after that should be termination.