Don’t drag out these decisions. It sucks to see an underperformer stick around and get lots of $$. It just tells your team that surrounding them with great peo

Don’t drag out these decisions. It sucks to see an underperformer stick around and get lots of $$. It just tells your team that surrounding them with great people isn’t actually a priority. It also sucks to be a person in this position feeling like you’re underperforming for the long term. Or feel on the precipice of being let go without it happening. Gotta be OK being upfront with folks and ripping the bandaid off. It’s a day of feeling bummed on the team that’s better than months of team members feeling unmotivated. I’ll also say this should be really rare and if it keeps happening you need to review your hiring practices, as that’s actually the root cause of people getting into your team that aren’t a good fit.