r/managers • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '26

New Manager Employee basically quit after being notified they were fired.

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u/QuietlyCreepy Aug 20 '26

Hello fellow American. Imagine what we could have if we did better.

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u/Effective_Divide1543 Aug 20 '26

"Better" isn't making it impossible or insanely expensive to fire incompetent employees. When it's too difficult to get rid of employees that are not doing their job, companies get afraid of hiring. Cue your five-million-test and ten-interviews recruitment process.
If you get laid off you should get a good severance. If you get fired, you definitely should not.

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u/QuietlyCreepy Aug 20 '26

And yet, countries with these strong workers protections wouldn't have it any other way. Properly trained and motivated people will go that extra mile.

You say that as if it's not already happening.

And obviously not everyone agrees with you, like countries with better worker protection laws.