Firing

Firing is a normal phenomenon in the working world. As people get hired, they also get fired. When a job position opens, it is rarely question of a new position. New people with new skills come in and old workers are fired or retired. Sometimes people just have to get fired. Even if they are trying their hardest, it may just not be working out. Sometimes it gets even worse if you’re the one who has to do the firing, even though your boss is the one who wants it done. It can be painful to fire someone and also pretty boring. One way to spice things up is to come up with creative ways to fire someone. Most firings are done with emotion and “concern” for the person being fired. You don’t want to hurt the person getting fired.
Depending on the country in question, people act differently concerning firing. In some countries like Japan it can be a question of honor and dignity. It is seen as a failure and many might end up taking their lives as a result of getting fired. In Finland it is not this drastic. Finns might get depressed, but the system with unemployment is very developed, so no one is really in deep trouble if they get fired. In Finland the labour law, says that the employer must pay one month pay to the fired one after getting the notice.

Three ways of firing employees:
1. “Natural” resignation
The old workforce is often the target for this kind of “firing”. Usually the employee gets some sort of pension arrangement, which will cover the year(s) that he/she is not working. It might be a bit controversial to call this kind of resignation “natural resignation”, because maybe the employee doesn’t want to stop working until the age of 65. But, it is a natural resignation since everybody that works until that age, will get retired.

2. Voluntary resignation
If the company is going to fire people in the near future, they might offer the employee a severance package instead of the usual pay you get when you get fired. It can also be discussed if this is a voluntary resignation, because the firing is going to happen in any case even if you don’t take the severance package. The terms are usually better for the employee if they take the severance package, instead of being fired.

3. Firing
It's perhaps the single most unpleasant task a boss must have to take care of: firing an employee. Firing is a task that has to be done, to get rid of the dead weight the sooner the better. Firing is a must if the company e.g. has economical problems. Firing is also done when employees’ performance is lacking.
It’s all about the money, and as we know: time is money.