Firing people: High stress project, you gotta go

In what ways are they not performing?

Stick to facts

If they are costing you money with their mistakes they have to go. It sucks but it's not your fault.

So you're giving them these options...
1) relocate to Australia
2) work on another project
3) find another job

One mistake by one of them today cost about half a mil. We are on a huge hard money job down here that most people would love to be on just for the experience alone.

I think one part of it is I am a lot younger than most of these people that I am gonna have to release on Monday.

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That's easy for a 20 something bachelor to say, but he mentioned some have 20+ years with the company which puts them probably in their mid 40s.... They're probably pretty settled in

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Is it selfish of me to say that as a married man with two kids? Dammit.

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Any way to sugarcoat this?

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Yup! Let them know that its obvious to you that they are not happy with their jobs, or else they would be cutting it, and a new challenge is exactly what they need and it will make them happier. Let them know it might be tough at first but within a couple of months they will be much happier and their family will thank them for it. I would try to get them to quit first by saying that and if they don't you have to let them go.

I tried to get stout to hire me, but I guess he has enough guys who can sharpen pencils on payroll.