Is It Easy To Say You're Fired?

Well spoken Mr Trump. After watching last years Apprentice. I thought you did a great job under the circumstances with your two teams. I know it was not easy for you to fire them; but under the scrutiny of people's behavior and some lack of teamwork in a case by case arena. Over all you did great! I Lean allot form watching your show and thank you.

Terry Long

P.S. I still need to see this years season. I will watch them on Hulu.

The situation reminds me of a famous story about Curtis LeMay, the former Air Force CINCSAC. In his autobiography, General LeMay relates how a leader has to be cautious of what he suggests as even the most innocuous suggestion can often be misconstrued. When General LeMay took command of the Strategic Air Command, he (as most commanders do) toured his bases. At one base there was a rather large lake with an island in the middle of the lake. General LeMay, a goose hunter, suggested that island should have some geese on it for the base population to enjoy. From time to time in phone calls to the base General LeMay would ask the wing commander at that base, "how are those geese doing on that island? and the reply is always, just fine General and we have quite a few there now. Two years later he realizes how far off his suggestion was interpreted when he makes his second visit to the base. When the boss (especially in the military) is a hunter, everyone is a hunter. General LeMay tells his staff that they are going to the base and those who want to can go and do some goose hunting. When his entourage arrives at the base, they check out boats at recreation services, load up their hunting gear and head for the island. General LeMay saw first hand how far off his suggestion had gotten when he sees his Major General Chief of Logistics (and others in his party) beating the water to a froth with the butt of his newly purchased shotgun to keep the large population of "domestic geese" from capsizing their boats. The geese are used to hearing the sound to the recreation services boat as that is what brings out their feed everyday. So the sound of that boat motor indicates it is feeding time.

Unfortunately, I'm not so sure that there are not people (like that wing commander) who take Mr Trump's famous words on the show far too literal and do not understand the compassionate side of Mr Trump. I too have had to fire people and it is always unpleasant for all concerned. But it is a great show.

Firing is not easy for either party. What is often overlooked is management's failure...either in making a poor hiring selection or failure to coach and give feedback along the way before things get to the firing point.

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Nobody likes to fire someone. If someone say so, they are lying, and probably trying to put up somekind of show, also is probably not a good person, and weak.

Unfortunantely sometimes it has to be done. It's up to the one in charge.

And as you say, I think people understand it's just a show. I think the last thing you want is people to think it's cool and start saying "you're fired!" to their employees because it is a cool "gimmick". But who knows, maybe there is some schmucks who does, but they would be stupid anyways. Your show is good.

This could be a very interesting discussion, Mr. Trump. Of course, in the Apprentice, it isn't quite the same as day to day business, because, in each episode, the whole group knows someone is going to get fired. In business, this shouldn't be the expectation with each project or duty - although, one should always keep in the back of his or her mind that each of us is replaceable - so it could happen, but it isn't a given.

With wise management, a company usually goes through a number of steps before letting anyone go, and it should be well documented if it is a performance or attitude problem. Sometimes, though, a person is let go through no fault of his or her own, simply because of changes in business or the economy. I think those are the hardest ones because you realize the financial impact it may have.

I think everyone can benefit from analysis following letting someone go. It is important to examine what could be done to improve recruitment and retention, and what employee development might be added to improve overall performance. Then, if you are the person who was let go, it is equally important to examine what went wrong and find the lesson in the experience. Was it a mismatch? Was it personality conflicts? Usually, in the long run, when it gets to the point where you need to let someone go, it is in the best interest of all parties.

People are one of your organizations greatest assets. Most of them are very loyal. That speaks highly of how you handle personnel issues in the real world.

Employee rotation is expensive in every way, so is better to how a good relationship with them. But unfortunately it can be hard sometimes.

Sometimes people think rich people can be jerks because they fire employees and they "explode" them but they won't understand how a business man thinks, until they own their own business.

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Actually I've seen this happen in real life, years ago, in my home country. I come from Romania, a former Communist country. The enterprises where tens of thousands blue-collar people used to work where shrunk to a few hundreds employees, or closed. So many Romanians I've spoken to about had a bitter taste about this. They lived every day with the fear of being fired, as they did not know anything else to do. I've heard the same story from my Polish, Russian and Ukrainian friends, and I'm not surprised. So there are people who fired thousands. I wonder how they felt about this.

Advise to CEO, managers, VP, Employees.. "unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave a prey to boredom."

I like to think that if it is necessary to fire someone, you may actually be helping them.
If the employee was performing his/her job at a sub-standard level, then chances are, that particular job was not best suited to their skills.
Cutting them loose will often force them to seek a position that may be better suited to their needs and skill set.

I would love to say "You're Fired" to Ben Bernanke.

The person dosen't seem to know the abc of Economics and he's heading a central bank.

I beleive people who start out working for someone else, and then start their own business learn how they want and don't want to be communicated with, as a boss the toughest thing that you have to take into consideration is do you or don't you become friends with your employees. I beleive this is what makes the decision on how to fire some go either eaily or harder