Letting Someone Go for the First Time: Why It Still Hurts
Today, for the first time, I had to fire someone from my infrastructure team. He was a good DevOps engineer who had worked at our company for almost three years. It was so sad that I still feel unsettled.
Of course, there were several reasons for the dismissal, including his team lead's feedback, but... there were many 'buts'.
My empathy will not let me forget this, and I feel myself becoming tougher and harsher. Will I really turn into that kind of person? Right now, I do not know.
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