Getting Fired, Almost Never A Surprise

I’ve only fired two people in my short career as a manager but both times I was baffled at how shocked and caught off-guard the people were to learn they were being terminated.  In one case the employee had falsified employment documents (that’s illegal!) and in the other case, the employee had been counseled face-to-face about 5 times during their probationary period that if the performance problems did not improve, termination would result. 

In almost all cases where an employee is terminated, the signs of an impending termination were there, they were just ignored. 

I ran across this awesome article, “5 Signs You’re About To Be Fired”,  that was published in U.S. News.  As a novice manager, it was nice to see that I’m taking all the steps I need to counsel and coach employees who are performing in the danger zone. 

Please take the time to read this article and if any of these 5 items sounds like you, take action now our you’re liable to find yourself in the unemployment line.