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Should They Stay Or Should They Go?

Should They Stay Or Should They Go?

When the world is on fire, is it more hostile to keep a problem employee or let them go?

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Nilofer Merchant
May 17, 2020
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Q: We have a relatively new employee who is supposed to be working from home, but doesn’t appear to do that much working. Their work product wasn’t up to snuff before all this and now that we’re all virtual, it appears to be worse. And coaching doesn’t seem to be working. We get the sense they have one foot out the d…

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