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> A non-productive worker is probably worse than no worker at all. There's no "probably" to it. Offering a fired employee the right to stay around until their
by bad416f1f5a2 4y ago
> A non-productive worker is probably worse than no worker at all.
There's no "probably" to it. Offering a fired employee the right to stay around until their time is up is a mindbogglingly stupid idea. It's a recipe for massive negativity from them & for your existing teams.
Having participated in a RIF before, the two most common questions are 1) "why me?" and 2) "why my friend and not someone else?" Keeping someone who you've clearly said has no future around & asking them to contribute to the future of a company is ... what?
- mvc 4y agoAnd yet here in the UK, it's quite normal for senior engineers to be faced with 3 months (I've even heard of 6!) working for a company after deciding to quit and hand in their notice. Completely bonkers if you ask me.
- taftster 4y agoI actually agree. I was originally not going to include the word "probably", but I thought I would soften the message a little bit. There's likely a few outside examples, but yeah, keeping an employee on the roster after telling them they will be let go is just asking for trouble.