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Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
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Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#2Usually in the US, everyone knows when someone gets fired. No need to announce. We just find out that the person is not there anymore since their desks are cleaned up secretly or they are walked out right away by security.
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#3Anything you say regarding firing an employee may end up being used against you in court, so it's likely not worth the time and effort trying to plan something like this unless there are mitigating circumstances that I can not possibly imagine.
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#4Usually in the US, everyone knows when someone gets fired. No need to announce. We just find out that the person is not there anymore since their desks are cleaned up secretly or they are walked out right away by security.
I work in a digital marketing company and there is a lot of people that gets fired and I'm just trying to know if theres a better way they should do it. They usually send a generic email to everyone (we're around 120 people and I think it affect the morale of a lot of people
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#5Usually in the US, everyone knows when someone gets fired. No need to announce. We just find out that the person is not there anymore since their desks are cleaned up secretly or they are walked out right away by security.
I work in a digital marketing company and there is a lot of people that gets fired and I'm just trying to know if theres a better way they should do it. They usually send a generic email to everyone (we're around 120 people and I think it affect the morale of a lot of people
You have a 'lot' of people getting fired?
It's good that you're thinking about how announcing team departures might affect morale, but I'd say it's a bit more important to get to the root of the issue - why are so many people getting fired?
Either you're hiring the wrong people and/or treating your staff so poorly that they simply don't care about getting fired (usually people will quit before they get fired so they don't have to explain it to future employers). Or perhaps this is some dodgy sales business where you hire a ton of people and then fire most of them that don't make impossible sales targets. I hope to god it's not the latter!
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I work in a digital marketing company and there is a lot of people that gets fired and I'm just trying to know if theres a better way they should do it. They usually send a generic email to everyone (we're around 120 people and I think it affect the morale of a lot of people
You have a 'lot' of people getting fired? It's good that you're thinking about how announcing team departures might affect morale, but I'd say it's a bit more important to get to the root of the issue - why are so many people getting fired? Either you're hiring the wrong people and/or treating your staff so poorly that they simply don't care about getting fired (usually people will quit before they get fired so they…
I think one of the issue is they don't hire good people and just want to get shits done quickly. Eventually it fires back and they fires them. The amount of work is also crazy.
There is no perfect company (and this one is not even close) but I am thinking that there is a better way to manage all that.
You know the difference just by the way they handle it that the person left in good terms. When someone is quitting and they announce it, the morale doesn't seem to be affected.
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#7"Today, Bob left us to pursue other opportunities. In this difficult time, I want to convey my appreciation for the dedication and hard work each of you brings to our team. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all the fish."
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#8Uncertainty kills morale very quickly. I think the most important thing is to be clear about why they were fired, so your well-performing employees know they are safe.
Of course, if you tell everyone you fired someone because of X, anyone else who does X will be worried. That may or may not be a good thing.
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#9Uncertainty kills morale very quickly. I think the most important thing is to be clear about why they were fired, so your well-performing employees know they are safe. Of course, if you tell everyone you fired someone because of X, anyone else who does X will be worried. That may or may not be a good thing.
Yeah, it can be part of the answer. We have different departments so instead of announcing to everyone, maybe keeping it in the dept instead of agency wide?
Re: Ask HN: How to announce your team that someone got fired?
#10"Today, Bob left us to pursue other opportunities. In this difficult time, I want to convey my appreciation for the dedication and hard work each of you brings to our team. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all the fish."
That could seem like the company is unattractive to Bob (and hence could start wondering more), versus Bob is unattractive to the company.