How can Handle Employees During Performance evaluation?

Laying off your poor performers is the right practice? In this way, can you set a good impact on your business and yourself as a leader on your employees?

Laying off poor performers can indeed have a positive impact on your business and your leadership reputation among your employees.

Laying off for poor performance is not a right practice. Initial screening, then preliminary and final interviews, group discussions (if applicable), etc., are various processes involved in selecting the right talent for an organization. However, a newly hired candidate, after putting their services for a few weeks or 2-3 months, can perform well or vice versa. This is because of the "Expectations vs. Realities" of a new candidate in that organization.

There are various factors or driving forces in any organization that can either motivate or demotivate an employee, particularly a newly hired employee, which will ultimately lead to good job performance or poor job performance. Kindly examine these factors and openly discuss and counsel the employee concerned. Also, introduce and implement a Performance Improvement Plan.

Laying off for poor performance is illegal, and the establishment may face legal consequences. As per the definition, the 'lay-off' occurs when an establishment experiences a failure, refusal, or inability of an employer due to factors such as a shortage of coal, power, or raw materials, accumulation of stocks, breakdown of machinery, natural calamity, or any other reason not related to "Poor Performance."

The removal of an employee based on poor performance is a vague idea. Are you certain that a new employee would meet your expectations if you were to replace the poor performer? The employee being removed for poor performance was once selected by you for your establishment. It is always a wiser decision to evaluate the employee's performance, understand why they failed, identify the possible causes of failure, and assess any shortcomings on the employer's side. Without conducting a thorough analysis of the situation, you will continue to struggle. It would be more beneficial to identify the causes, implement remedial actions for employees with poor performance, and help them improve for better performance.