Can the boss fire employees who are not good enough?

Created: 07/11/2022 09:04

By: Janine Napirca

Often, you are not the reason for poor work performance.

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Is your boss hailing criticism and worried that he might want to fire you?

It's not that easy.

Before you hire an employee, you can only roughly estimate

.

Are you often

at work and does your boss give you the feeling that your

is not satisfactory?

Don't worry, it's rare that you can fire someone because he or she isn't good enough.

Termination allowed?

What are the causes of poor work performance?

In order to fire someone for poor job performance, job performance must first be

.

According to

, a lawsuit before the labor court usually fails because this can hardly be measured in practice.

According to the report, there are two causes of poor job performance:

and

.

While the former means that someone does not have the physical, mental or character abilities that are necessary to do the job, the latter means that someone could actually work better but is not exploiting their potential.

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Prerequisite for terminating someone for poor performance

Before a boss or a company wants to terminate employees, it must be checked whether the employees concerned can be used at

.

A

could also be considered.

It is also necessary to investigate what could be causing the lack of performance.

According to

, it has not yet happened that a so-called "low-performer termination" has been effectively pronounced.

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Dismissals due to poor performance: You should pay attention to this

Even if your boss can't fire you because of poor performance, companies often go the route of getting to the bottom of the

.

If it is determined that you have been provided with everything you need and that you are not adhering to pre-formulated procedures and processes, for example, this can be used as a reason for termination.

Also

According to

Insider, however, such studies often reveal that the actual

lies with the manager himself.

They either didn't provide the necessary work equipment or didn't coordinate the teamwork well enough, so that the supposed "

" couldn't work better or faster because important input from colleagues was still missing.

For now, you don't have to worry that your boss will fire you because he occasionally criticizes you.

Just make sure you're doing exactly what's asked of you.

If you

, no one can twist a rope out of it for you.

In general, however, it is always advisable to enter into a dialogue and show initiative.

And if you should end up in front of the

court: According to

, dismissal proceedings usually end with the payment of

or the

.