Re:Google's age-hate
by ChuckMcM on Monday January 30, 2012 @05:06PM
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How do you get rid of an employee that doesn't fit in with the culture if they're old? Having an employee that doesn't work well with everyone else is absolutely terrible for a company in it's early stages.
Generally if someone doesn't fit with the culture you just fire them. Doesn't matter, old, young, black, gay, or muslim.
how do you handle firing someone that doesn't fit in with the company culture without them claiming age discrimination?
You don't "try to get them to quit" by making the workplace hostile. There is a great talk on this that one of Google's legal contractors gives which basically explains that if you don't think someone is a good fit, in Calfornia at least, you just fire them. It's common that firing someone is unpleasant, the mistake is "trying to make them uncomfortable so they just quit."
That last bit is where people make the big mistakes. It should never be the case where you (as a manager) are thinking "I just wish they would figure it out and leave."
Generally if someone doesn't fit with the culture you just fire them. Doesn't matter, old, young, black, gay, or muslim.
how do you handle firing someone that doesn't fit in with the company culture without them claiming age discrimination?
You don't "try to get them to quit" by making the workplace hostile. There is a great talk on this that one of Google's legal contractors gives which basically explains that if you don't think someone is a good fit, in Calfornia at least, you just fire them. It's common that firing someone is unpleasant, the mistake is "trying to make them uncomfortable so they just quit."
That last bit is where people make the big mistakes. It should never be the case where you (as a manager) are thinking "I just wish they would figure it out and leave."