<story><title>Firing Well</title><url>http://www.mondaynote.com/2015/05/17/firing-well/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jader201</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;To ease the pain of the breakup, my standard interview routine includes a segment on Why and How I’ll Fire You.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &amp;quot;&lt;i&gt;... But repeated lapses of judgment or a habitually disruptive attitude can’t be tolerated, and we will have to part company. In plain English, I will fire you.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not saying that setting expectations up front is a bad thing, but I&amp;#x27;ve never had the topic of firing brought up -- ever -- in any of the many interviews I&amp;#x27;ve had over my career.&lt;p&gt;And therefore, if this were brought up without my asking about their firing policies, the thought that would go through my mind would be along the lines of:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Wow, this company must have to deal with this quite a bit in order for it to be covered like this during an interview setting. Either this place causes people&amp;#x27;s attitudes to take a major turn for the worse, or they do a terrible job at filtering out bad attitudes during the interview process.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Or...&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Was there something on my resume or something that I said during the interview that may have triggered this?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Again, transparency is a good thing. And if I&amp;#x27;m already asking about their firing policies during an interview, then maybe this is a good way to approach it.&lt;p&gt;But hearing it come up -- and like this -- during an interview without solicitation just reeks of a toxic environment.</text></comment>
<story><title>Firing Well</title><url>http://www.mondaynote.com/2015/05/17/firing-well/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jbyers</author><text>I read this not a general purpose guide to hiring and firing, but as a guide to hiring and firing _executives_. This is consistent with the author&amp;#x27;s background. Note references to board approval, walking over to someone&amp;#x27;s office, generous settlement packages, etc.&lt;p&gt;In this context the advice rings true to my ear. Less so for hiring and firing across all levels of an organization.</text></comment>