--- In [email protected], Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > estherschindler wrote: > > Howdy, folks. Me again: your friendly local journalist. > > This isn't specifically C++ related, but it's about the > > business/career issues in programming. > > > > I've decided to write an article for my site, the IT > > Business Network (http://www.itbusinessnet.com), about > > one of the most painful tasks in being a manager: firing > > an employee. From my observations and experience, nobody > > enjoys the experience, even if the employee clearly > > deserves to be booted. And it's much worse when the > > individual is a drag on the team rather than a complete > > failure; at what point do you say, "I give up. I have to > > get rid of this person"? > > Everyone in management hates doing this because they mentally > have been trained to put themselves into the shoes of the > other person in all situations and try to think, "How would > I feel if I were on the receiving end of this? What would I > do after being fired? How would I pay the bills?" <snip>
Thomas, sorry to say that, but you're way too optimistic. I know enough managers (both inside US-based companies and outside) who not only don't give a damn about how the fired person will feel; no, even worse, they don't give a damn about learning that such preparations would help them to become better managers. They have their attitudes, and whoever doesn't fit these attitudes is nothing but an annoyance. I well know what I'm writing about, I have been one such annoyance because once I have dared to tell my direct line manager in a quiet minute after he had asked me(!) why I consider his attitudes at best improvable; a couple of weeks later he shot me in my leg (not literally). A few weeks later the same thing happened: he asked me something, he got a response from me, and some time later he again shot me in my leg for this response. In my experience the number of managers who have attended trainings as you mentioned above is way too small. Count them in dozens in one country if you're lucky. I've met only one so far. Paul already stated another issue: if I allow the situation to escalate this far, I have done a bad job; I should have coped with Claire's excuses and inappropriate behaviour far earlier. So the question is not whether Claire has to be fired: the first question should be, has the line manager done her/his job appropriately. Given the information we have, I would say, no; he/she should have acted far earlier. Thanks for pointing this out, Paul. Regards, Nico To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
