You are listening to the 10 Minute Entrepreneur podcast with host Sean Castrina.

Okay, this is the Ask Sean edition. This is not gonna be a long one, but it's gonna be helpful.

The question I got is, how do you fire someone? Okay, first thing is, is that never look forward to it.

You know, the old show, the apprentice, where Donald Trump would fire you at the end, you know, you're fired.

It sounds good in theory, but that's not how you want to do it.

The goal of firing somebody is to dismiss them as fast as possible and get them out of the building.

This is not where you explain yourself. This is not where you leave open ended like you kind of did a bad job.

It's none of that. It's not a review.

If you've decided to fire them, everything you say is definitive.

John, we are letting you go today.

You can get your last paycheck from so and so at the office.

That's it. They come back with why did it get fired or whatever the case may be.

It just wasn't the correct fit in what we were looking for.

But I'm talking like a one sentence answer. Do not sit and try to justify the firing.

That should already have been done in your head when you when you made the decision to fire them.

You don't have to come up with it and explain it to him or her at the time of the firing.

The goal at the firing is to dismiss politely and get them out of the building.

It's not for you to justify.

Okay. With that said, you know, one of the country companies I own is a construction.

So when you fire a guy, it doesn't quite go over like a white collar firing.

Okay. You could get called every single name in the book.

Great. I don't care. I've been called a mother effort while I'm politely walking them to the door.

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