Having your manager fire someone that really needs to be fired can be massive relief though, I think that is pretty much the only case where there is much of a sunny side.
It's a huge relief to the team to have a bad performer removed.
I've been on a team where a bad player was removed and the whole team was noticeably better performing a month later. It sounds a little "woo woo" to say it, but I think a lot of energy was freed up by the firing. Instead of thinking about how to deal with our bad teammate, we could focus on getting our work done.
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Firing someone usually sucks.
Having your manager fire someone that really needs to be fired can be massive relief though, I think that is pretty much the only case where there is much of a sunny side.
It's a huge relief to the team to have a bad performer removed.
I've been on a team where a bad player was removed and the whole team was noticeably better performing a month later. It sounds a little "woo woo" to say it, but I think a lot of energy was freed up by the firing. Instead of thinking about how to deal with our bad teammate, we could focus on getting our work done.
And if you don't fire or contain the bad apples, the good ones will go.