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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5991481" data-attributes="member: 8835">I think it is OK, or even good to feel bad about letting somebody go.You should feel bad because letting somebody go hurts their feelings, and it illustrates that you and your group failed in some way.You failed in preventing a poor fitting person in joining the group.you failed to get help them adjust and correct their behavior.you impacted another person's life in a negative way.Having let people go, I can see why it was important to do so.  But I take no joy in it.  I reflect on how I could have detected this person wasn't a fit, and whether I should have taken corrective steps sooner.The way I see it, when somebody joins my company, I'm taking a risk and time expense to train them.  They are taking a risk in that if this is not the right company for them, they are missing out being on the market looking for a better fit.  I really don't want to waste their time or my time.  So if I hire the wrong guy, I have some culpability in that and I'm about to impact his life in a bad way when he finds out he's not up to snuff.Now I could certainly lay this all on him.  That's easy.  Deep down inside, I probably blame him for not being as good as he said he was.  But I always try to see what I could have done better so I don't have to do it again.And I'm satisfied that I don't feel good about doing it.  It means that I'm not a total heartless jerk.</blockquote>