I’m letting go of an employee this week, and it’s making me feel terrible. I’m wracked with guilty and full of empathy.

I’m still letting them go, but any advise on how to not feel so emotionally guilty for firing someone?

  • thisonesusername@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Imagine if we had an actual social safety net, so firing someone didn’t mean putting them in such a potentially dire situation. That’s why you feel guilty. You know that this person will now be at far greater risk of losing their home, having medical bills they can’t afford, and many other things that honestly shouldn’t be a consequence of losing your job. Remember this feeling and vote for policies that take care of working people, so that firing someone doesn’t mean royally screwing them.