Prep Talk: How to Fire Someone From Permanent Equity’s Ops Desk Read on mobile/as PDF. Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes Jump to thoughts on: Context Reasons Reminders Employment is a relationship. Organizations live and die by the team. We default to wanting to give the benefit of the doubt. Firing someone is unpleasant. Clean and final separation should be the goal. And then there’s the aftermath. A short and incomplete list of reasons we’ve fired someone: And, the need to fire someone can emerge anywhere in your organization. Tolerating and excusing bad behavior can have catastrophic consequences. So… Remember your responsibility to your high performers. Firing someone is the end of a journey. Remember that you’re protecting the culture of your organization. MorePrepTalks: Know someone who might find this Prep Talk useful? Email How to Fire Someone