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by chasd00 1589 days ago
If you've never done it, it's very hard, emotionally, to fire an under-performer. You see someone struggling and you know it's best for your team/company but now you're going to put that person out of a job.

I'm not excusing it, but I can see people putting off firing under-performers just to avoid feeling like shit.