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IMO, the only answer is to terminate them. They mention in comments they harass other employees and make inappropriate comments, which could lead to a hostile w
by fnordpiglet 3y ago
IMO, the only answer is to terminate them. They mention in comments they harass other employees and make inappropriate comments, which could lead to a hostile workplace lawsuit (and is just not cool).
You might end up having to dig out of a hole and that will suck. But just don’t let the hole form next time and take a lesson from the experience of digging out. Explain to the remaining staff how in the future we need to cross train and document, and use the “what if a bus hit someone tomorrow” parable. Folks might not relish the dealing with the mess left over, but sounds like they will appreciate the person not being in their workplace anymore.
- shadowgovt 3y agoYes. The technical cost of having to backfill what they know needs to be strongly considered against the morale cost of the rest of the team observing that the company has chosen to keep a known harasser on the team for one more day. If management is concerned about losing someone with a bus factor of one, how concerned should they be about "the whole team walked because they realized the company sucks and protects abusers?" People in this business are tired of technically competent assholes getting a pass.