Right, and management (the lady's boss) has the perfect pretext for firing her himself : "look, it's a layoff and my bosses', bosses' boss decided that they

Right, and management (the lady's boss) has the perfect pretext for firing her himself : "look, it's a layoff and my bosses', bosses' boss decided that they were using the closed deals metric to rank people and cut the bottom . Ibdont have a say in who I staying and who is leasing, but ill help you in everything I can" Managers: grow the balls to fire your employees. Theres always a reason. And talking with your people may make you maintain a good relationship with them.