The ring of fire

I had to fire someone yesterday. This was a new and not very pleasant addition to my set of life experiences. We hired himin October. He had good references and good skills, but he had some trouble adapting to the kind of projects we had for him to do. His productivity slowed to the point where we were losing a significant amount of money on the project he worked on, and there was no clear end in sight. From a purely business standpoint, it was a simple decision, but I still didn’t like it. Maybe I’m not capitalist enough yet. Anyway, he made it easy by being mature about it, which I certainly appreciate. We’re trying to help him find another position where he can do direct-to-customer consulting, which is his real strength. I hope it’s a long time before I have to do it again.