Hey, Hey Waffle gang, I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more

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today's first story. with today's first story.

Now today's first story comes from existing claim 6030 who says would I be the asshole

for firing an employee whose wife is very, very sick when our work covers is health insurance.

Recently I learned that our company is doing layoffs and I'll have to let one person

among my four subordinates go.

It came down to choosing one of the three least experienced ones who were all hired about

two years ago.

A month ago, I would have said they are all roughly in the same ballpark of competence.

I say a month ago because a few weeks ago

one of the three, I call him A, began dealing with hardship. A's wife was hospitalized and is now

very, very sick. I remember A once said the doctors couldn't reassure him she'd make it through.

As A tells us, he's now caring for their two

inconsolable children alone and constantly having to go visit his wife. Now obviously, none of that

is any of my or my company's business. What is is how A's work performance and productivity

has plummeted. Since returning from his initial leave of a few days,

he's constantly showing up late, leaving early and is a lot less productive and focused during the

day when he is here, and is often on phone calls. We've politely tried to tell him we needed him to

focus, as this is causing a significant and notable reduction

in our team's efficiency.

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