Inadequate Job Performance Conducting Termination Interviews There are right and wrong ways to conduct termination interviews The manager should be direct and clear The staff member will probably know the reason Future employment advice Manager should. be businesslike Gross Misconduct Occurs because an employee is believed to have done something intolerable Fired \"on the spot\" No progressive discipline Necessary or the manager would be faulted Gone in a matter of minutes Job Abandonment Absent much of the time Sent a registered card informing them of their termination Quick and relatively \"painless\" Employee can provide an explanation of his/her absence Exit Interviews Customarily offered to all employees who are leaving the organization May be refused if involuntarily terminated Managers may use this to improve interpersonal relations Postmortem for employee Summary Staff members not performing up to the requirements of their jobs require correction Sequence of events If employees do not respond, they may need to be red Gross misconduct and job abandonment can be ways to get red