Termination Fears
In yesterday’s How to Fire Without Getting Fired webinar, we asked our 1,700 or so participants the following question:
What is your single biggest fear when it comes to employee terminations?
Their answer: Basically, everything.
Specific fears mentioned included “getting sued” (20%), “lack of good documentation” (16%), “potential retaliation/violence” (7%), “saying something wrong” (7%), “not having all the facts” (5%) and “feeling guilty” (2%).
But the #1 most popular answer was “all of the above” (40%). “None of the above” was selected by a grand total of 0%.
Just for a little context, this was an audience experienced at handling terminations. When we asked how many terminations they had handled, the #1 answer was “more than I can possibly count” (31%). More than 50% of our audience reported handling at least 10 terminations. Only 7% said they had never fired anyone.
To help you overcome your termination fears, we prepared a suite of handy tools to guide every aspect of the termination process. They can be accessed here or by clicking on “Termination Tools” to the left under “Tools & Tips.”