Never been fired. On the other side, I have fired people and let people go. I have never lost sleep over firing someone as it was always deserved. Laying people off who have done nothing wrong is really hard to do even if it is required.
The first time I fired someone it was a guy who was over the moon when he got the job because it was his first job in a over a year and he would finally be able to afford to travel back to see his son. He turned out to be the laziest person I have ever worked with. We work outside in remote locations. By lunch every day he would start suggesting an early quit to go back to camp. The first time it rained he declared that he didn't work in the rain and would stay in his room that day. After a brief phone call his supervisor had to drive him back to town so that I could fire him.
It wasn't raining very hard and everyone else went out. The guys are pretty good about deciding on rain days and presenting a united front, in this case no one even considered calling it.
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