Re: "Sorry you're not the right fit" - After "all is fine" for 4 weeks

[Dossy Shiobara <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>]

Yannia Vodrovich wrote:
[...]
> At any rate, after 4 weeks, my boss and his boss call me in and tell me "Based on some reports I got, we don't think this is a good fit. [...]
> 
> Anyone ever have anything similar happen?

I've worked on teams before where I might describe a member as "not a
good fit" - someone who was totally capable, but there was something
"not right" when it came to the overall team cohesion.  These are people
I enjoyed - often friends with outside of work - but the overall team
composition didn't fit well.

In a large company, this is no big deal: they can move to another team
fairly easily.  In a small family business, there may only be one team
and if the fit isn't there, they have to let you go.

With a lot of things, yes, you can mentor and coach and otherwise
change.  People's personalities - changing that can take lots of
expensive therapy and a long time - not something an employer should
feel responsible for attempting.  The best thing for both parties in
that case is to disengage as soon as possible and move on.

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