[throwaway42668]

Let them go. Provide a respectable severance, since it's the company's fault they were hired in the first place.

One of the most cost effective and humane things you can do is extend their health benefits out further than their monetary severance. For example, a month's pay with 2-3 months health benefits.

At least in cases where I've had to let people go, I've found they appreciate an approach like this. It's a relatively easy way to thread the needle between human dignity and corporate finance demands. A rarity.

[ltbarcly3]

It was a mistake to hire, but they misrepresented thrmselves and aplied for a position they must have known they didn't qualify for. To be considered they must have significantly embellished their resume. Fire for incompetence, no severence.

[ethbr1]

It's hard for me to morally justify firing an employee for incompetence without severance... for an issue that was created by HR's incompetence. (And potentially the interviewing team, depending on how "mediocre" the rating was)

[Wurdan]

Opportunistic applications are totally normal, and yes I’m a hiring engineering manager. If those aren’t caught in the recruitment process, then it’s the process that’s flawed.