What's the best way to fire someone?

[jesusarenque]

Hire Dale Gribbel to fire people.

[chicken10der]

^"As a janitor, what would you do with unlimited free time, and no income?"

"How would you like this to be your full time job?"
"Firing Gladstone?" (opens office door) "GLADSTONE!"

[SNOWBALL]

That is zero percent true. You know nothing about employment law.

[Warik]

The best option is to tell the truth, but don't let the person defend him or herself.

If you do are weak (like I was when I tried to fire someone for something very serious) they will start talking to you about their wife and baby and other nonsense that you really and truly don't care about but something inside you makes you cave in regardless.

[Clarkmeister]

In Nevada you can pretty much do anything you want.

[DarkForceRising]

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Does it change if it's not your employee but rather someone you pay for a service, say a housekeeper?

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Is that what they are calling "Noted Poker Authorities" these days?

[illeagle]

I like to cut their hours down to 0 and force them to quit so they can't file for unemployment.

[brandofo]

The truth is usually the best option.

[Anacardo]

I'm a big fan of the truth under about 98% of all circumstances. Lie / omit only when you're quite certain you'd be hurting someone / sullying someone's reputation needlessly. Otherwise, tell the truth. This is a good standard, although incredibly difficult to live up to. I'd certainly like to.

[dogdrool]

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That is zero percent true. You know nothing about employment law.

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True -- I know nothing about employment law.

What if the reason is something like, "I know you're browsing internet porn at work and beating off in the bathroom." What if a few people told you that, but it turned out to be false. Could the employee sue and demand evidence?