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Re:The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions by 29athrowaway on Monday December 16, 2019 @12:16AM (#21800959)
People prefer to quit a job or fire an employee before having a difficult conversation.
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Re:The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions by lukevdp on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:50AM (#21801706)
In my experience it’s a lot easier to have a difficult conversation than to fire someone.
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Re:The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions by vitruvian987 on Monday December 16, 2019 @02:48AM (#21801425)
Quitting/firing is a difficult conversation to have.
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Re:The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions by closeparen on Monday December 16, 2019 @03:13AM (#21801527)
Hardly anyone gets fired that way. Instead they go in the spreadsheet for the next round of layoffs, which are mechanical and depersonalized.
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Re:The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions by authoritarian on Monday December 16, 2019 @11:54AM (#21804491)
>Instead they go in the spreadsheet for the next round of layoffs, which are mechanical and depersonalized.

I've never worked at a company where anyone was fired that way

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