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TRENDS AND ISSUES "Employees need to know
about firings"
By Melanie Payne
Sacramento Bee
December 11, 2000
Let's say you've just fired an employee. Telling
him was hard enough. Now you've got to tell his co-workers. Human resource
expert Valerie Frederickson says
it's important not to leave co-workers out of the loop.
As soon as the employee leaves the building, gather together his co-workers
and explain that the employee was fired. Make it clear that their jobs
are not in danger and that it wasn't related to job cuts or belt tightening.
"What the manager needs to do is make himself or herself available
to employees _ hang out with them, spend time with them, eat lunch with
them," says Frederickson, president of the Valerie Frederickson &
Co., Menlo Park, Calif. Employees are curious, she says, but their questions
are "related to their own fears of their job security."
When people ask specific questions about the fired employee, defer answering
and explain that you need to respect that person's privacy, Frederickson
said.
There are two reasons for doing this, Frederickson said. First, the other
employees are going to talk to the fired guy and tell him exactly what
you said. If you violated his confidentiality, he may sue.
Also, the other employees are going to be watching to see how you handle
the situation, she said. If you bad-mouth the terminated employee, they,
too, will remember it and no longer trust or like you.
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