2003/09/02

we decided to let her go, although she's been with the company for 2 more years and have contribute to the past growth of the company, unfortunately, she break the chain of truth a couple times. and 3 weeks before in Tokyo , her attitude and reaction when being caught of lying again urge us to take this action immediately.
Japanese company don't fire people, so, the skill of let go didn't developed in their diary working life, I told the COO how to perform the " Termination mission " proper and leave no bad feeling or retaliation to him or the company, we talked about how to conduct this action, in passive or proactive means ? be gentle or be rigid? our conclusion is we better do it clean, do it right at the first time and leave no mercy to this tough decision and don't drag the process.
the break up comes when she take advantage of the budget review session in Tokyo and made herself available for vacations by prolong the stays in Tokyo, we have advice all the managers not to perform such an unethical action and warning some of them before, as the person in charge of this policy, she break it and shows no regret to this inappropriate intention. as COO told her this is totally wrong and found himself was cheating again, we expect that a mature action will be follows such at : change the leave plan, return to Taipei, honestly confess this mistake and rebuild the bond of trust with management, it's a pity that non of the mentioned mature action were taken. the tipping point came.
as she control all the confidential information of the company, holding the safety box keys and oversee the human resource, the termination decision must be done efficiently, in other word, in cold manner, as I will take a business trip to Shanghai this coming Thursday, COO will personally forward this message and have our just on board HR specialty to handle the transaction in 2 hours, I have advise him to check the Labor law in Taiwan, don't overlook the trivial issues, send the message nice way for her to take resignation action instead of termination, and prepare to tell her there's no room for her if she insist that nothing wrong with her behavior in the company; don't let the emotion flow to the negotiation or traveling to other department. Immediately send in the HR and summon her staff to stable the situation is the next step. Next week, We also need to find a way telling other managers about " Her personal decision "

Yes, you are watch a pre-discussed management decision to release someone in manger level from your operation, why is happen, how to follow and the mindset to conduct this action.

ths sun will rise the following moring, no matter what decision people do today, be prepared to be the next one in the era of uncertainty.