"Fire fast" is the horrible advice that has made Netflix and companies with similar policies a very stressful place to work at. What if someone who is amazing at their job is going through a divorce and underperforming? Would you fire the "not doer"? There is no way for you to know what's going on in one's personal life and that can impact their performance heavily. If your tolerance is just a few weeks to fire someo…
>> For those of you questioning the morality of fast iteration of new hires please consider the alternative: we deny people opportunity for fear they won’t succeed or we keep people in roles where they won’t be successful. This creates walls around (and within) organizations. Let’s welcome those who want to join us. Let’s give them as much as opportunity as we can. And let’s quickly tell them if they will have more opportunity elsewhere. As long as we do it helpfully and respectfully (which we always will), helping people sort themselves into and out of eShares is good for all involved.
The author had that covered. It is not calling for simply throwing people out like the trash because they underperform for a few weeks.