I've had to fire a few people. By far it's the worst when you lay someone off -- not because of their job performance, but because of company financials. I guess for me it depends on the situation. I try to make sure that getting fired is never a surprise to a person....repeated warnings, discussions, etc. That way you can diffuse some of the anger. And -- if I think it was more circumstance than the character of the individual -- I give the person some headhunter names and offer to be a reference.

No matter what, it always really sucks though. (((Rabbit)))

Look at it this way ~ don't try to be good at it ~ and hope you never have to get really good at it!

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney