How easy is it to fire someone with 5yrs unblemished record

[ericsbrother]

so failing in thier productivity isnt GM so you follow the normal disiplinary route.

Does your company have regular or annual appraisal? failing to hit those benchmarks makes it easier to move on to the next step.

 

Now lets turn this around 180 degrees, what do you want from an employee and how can you get these individuals to perform to an acceptable level.? You have invetsed money and time in them so why get rid of a person who could once again be an asset. If the job/company has changed and they havent changed with it then redundancy could be an option but what about retraining? If they are genuinely bad at their job and cant be trained to improve them you can let them go on capability grounds as long as you follow procedure and it will be advice, warning, final warning dismissal with suitable periods between each stateg to allow them to try and change/improve.

 

however, your tone doesnt instil me with much confidence that you have the determination and patience to resolve your problems without ending up in a legal battle. Ask yourself why it has come to this in the first place and what could you have done differently when you saw the signs some time ago as does appear to be the case. Often not actively managing situations stores up problems for the future because the staff member will wonder why it has suddenly become a problem. the same goes with peopel who get the boot for abusing social media access, they see everyone else doing ti and the company desnt have a clear policy so the first they realise they have a boundary is when they overstep it and get fired.